a new beginning :)

So as of last week, it looks like I'm going to be taking a traineeship in Salvador, Brazil!!! I'm super excited :D

When I joined AIESEC about, um, 2 years ago, that was my primary objective: to get an international internship. After sticking around, though, I got so much more than I expected out of this organization. Actually, when I was trying to convince my parents to let me take the traineeship, my mom said, "But you've already gotten so much out of AIESEC without even going on one of these!" She was right. And even though she and my dad don't completely understand what AIESEC is, even though I've tried to explain it countless times, they can not only see this in me (which is very exciting), but also have been very impressed since the start of my adventure with visa paperwork, correspondence with my TN manager, and everything :) It makes me so proud to be a part of an organization whose influence can be felt by people that really don't even know what it is. And granted, they are my parents, but it's a good sign, right? Especially since parents can be skeptical sometimes about sending their babies to the other side of the world.

Brazil, here I come :D