I was excited to return to my Minnesota roots when I accepted the position of Study Away Data & Finance Specialist at Macalester, and am enjoying the increased responsibility that comes with being the Assistant Director of Finance and Operations. In my role, not only do I advise students on a number of study away programs and scholarships, but I also facilitate the behind-the-scenes financial administration of the department. I enjoy working with students, staff, and faculty who have a passion for expanding their personal or professional education internationally. I believe that experiential learning opportunities are crucial components of a holistic education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am originally from Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, and enjoyed living in this incredibly diverse area. My studies took me to Central College in Pella, Iowa, where I received my Bachelor\u2019s degree in French, International Studies and Psychology (minor). While there I lived in the French House for four semesters with the language assistants, as well as studied abroad for a semester in Paris, focusing on language and culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After college, I returned to France to teach English to high school students in the Champagne region for an academic year. I then came back to the U.S., moving to Columbus, Ohio for a year and then to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for eight years. In that time I completed my Master of Science degree in Student Personnel Administration from Concordia University-Wisconsin and worked in the Center for International Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as their Study Abroad Enrollment Specialist, Financial Specialist and Coordinator of Short-Term Faculty-Led Programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my spare time, I enjoy exercising, reading, baking, and traveling with my best friend on surprise vacations. I have interests in numismatics (domestic and foreign currency collecting), as well as classic video games, card games, and 90\u2019s nostalgia. I am also the Vice Chair of National Study Abroad Day and am pleased to coordinate and bring attention to this wonderful \u201choliday.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2464,"template":"","class_list":["post-2463","profile","type-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/2463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/2463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4323,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/2463\/revisions\/4323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/global-citizenship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}