Returning to California

<p>Wondering if there's a return on investment with study abroad? Prepare to be surprised. Turns out study abroad helps you learn serious skills that pay off in your academic and professional life forever.</p>

<p>Anna Nguyen (UC Los Angeles) studied abroad to discover her roots on a quest to become Asian enough. Her journey through Hong Kong and Vietnam, mounds of Chinese food, and hours with the Cantonese language, and finally her own family led her to understand her national and ethnic identity.</p>

<p>Wondering how to get a career abroad after graduation? Sierra Alef-Defoe has some useful advice for you and it starts with study abroad. Through fellowships, working summers, and graduate work abroad (saving loads of money), she has spent years of her career abroad and has never looked back.</p>

<p>How do you convey the value of study abroad in a job interview? Here's what you can say in an interview to show how study abroad makes you the ideal candidate.</p>

<p>After one of the most incredible, memorable experiences of your life, there’s a place for you as a returnee and ways you can stay connected with the world you’ve come to know and the person you’ve become.</p>