While I’ve not entirely shaken off imposter syndrome, navigating through it has re-established my confidence in my abilities and in speaking French. One’s life shouldn’t be measured against another’s, and one’s accomplishments shouldn’t be compared with another’s. There will always be someone who has done more, read more, written more, or learned more, but everyone starts somewhere. This internship at the Paris Human Rights Center gave me my start. It taught me invaluable lessons in both human rights and personal growth, which I couldn’t be more thrilled to take with me in my future academic and professional endeavors.
While I've not entirely shaken off imposter syndrome, navigating study abroad in Paris re-established my confidence in my abilities and speaking French. One's life shouldn't be measured against another's. This experience taught me invaluable lessons in personal growth that I couldn't be more thrilled to take with me in my future academic and professional endeavors.