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<p>A UC Los Angeles engineering student shares her journey to master Spanish and connect with her Puerto Rican heritage through study abroad. Despite the challenges of fitting language immersion into a packed STEM schedule, she discovered practical strategies—from living with non-English speakers to consuming Spanish-only media—that helped her achieve fluency in just five months. Her story offers valuable insights for students seeking to maximize their language learning abroad while balancing academic requirements.</p>

<p>If you've dreamed of joining the Peace Corps after graduation, study abroad is the perfect way to prepare. UCEAP alumna and former Peace Corps volunteer Rachel Shinto explains how these two experiences work together.</p>

<p>What is the food like in Argentina? What is there to see and do? And what are the classes and study abroad activities like? Carissa from UC Merced answers.</p>

<p>The world is wondrous and full of adventures. Are you experiencing it? Here are a few epic ideas for your bucket list to tackle right now on study abroad.</p>

<p>The Amazon rainforest, ancient Incan civilizations majestic mountain peaks—such are the study abroad experiences in Brazil as shared by Daniel Connell (UC Santa Barbara). "My time in Brazil was eye-opening. I immersed myself in a beautiful culture that was so different than anything I had previously experienced, and I gained more from it than I would have ever imagined."</p>