Five Years After Study Abroad

We caught up with IES Abroad Scholarship to see where life has taken them since study abroad. Five years later, they are taking the skills they learned abroad and applying them to careers in music, medicine, marketing, and beyond. Read their interviews to discover how study abroad and the IES Abroad Scholarship they received helped them get to where they are today.

Five Years After Study Abroad: IES Abroad Alum Ashley Simmons, Brand Coordinator

While studying abroad in Granada, Spain, Ashley Simmons fulfilled a childhood dream and became strongly rooted in her self-identity. Five years later, once an IES Abroad Correspondent, she is back as a Brand Coordinator for IES Abroad, now contributing to other students’ study abroad experiences.  

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