They're Here! Meet The Fall 2021 Correspondents

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Chelsea Lakdawala
September 13, 2021

After a year of the unexpected, we are excited to welcome students back abroad, including our 54 Student Correspondents for Fall 2021!

Our Social Media Correspondents🤳 will hashtag their way across the globe this fall, showing us their journey in real time on their own Instagram and TikTok accounts. Our Bloggers✍️ will be sharing their stories via writing, photos, video, or other creative pursuits. All those beautiful photos you see on our website or in our catalogs? Most likely, they were taken by one of our Photographers📷 who work behind the scenes to capture the IES Abroad experience. And across the board, you'll find IDEA Correspondents, reflecting on how aspects of their identity intersect with life abroad. 

The talent on display here is pretty impressive, if we do say so ourselves. 

If you want a firsthand account of what it's really like to study abroad, look no further than one of our trusty Correspondents. Watch the video below to see their first impressions of life abroad, and keep scrolling to learn a little bit more about who they are and where they're studying. 

Meet the Fall Correspondents

Amsterdam

Rudrayani Upadhyay • Blogger

  • Psychology & Science
  • DePauw University

Cali Carper • Blogger

  • Law & Criminology
  • Penn State University

Barcelona

Jessica Nudelman • Blogger

  • Liberal Arts & Business
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

Talia Rudy • Social Media • Blogger

  • Political Science & International Relations
  • Hope College

Natalia Salazar • Social Media • Blogger

  • Political Science & International Relations
  • Purdue University

Jordan Goode • Social Media

  • Arts & Culture
  • University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Jazmin Martinez • Social Media

  • Political Science & International Relations
  • Hope College

Berlin

Jeremy Fong • Photographer

  • Metropolitan & Urban Studies
  • Carleton College

Avery Trinidad • Blogger

  • Metropolitan & Urban Studies
  • Williams College

Dublin

Wade Suarez • Blogger

  • Writers Program
  • Augsburg University

Kevin Shan • Social Media

  • Direct Enrollment-Trinity College Dublin
  • University of Rochester

Izzy Fernandez • Blogger

  • Irish Studies
  • Indiana University

Freiburg

Lauren Barney • Photographer

  • Language & Area Studies
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Galápagos Islands

Rachel Seyler • Social Media • Blogger

  • GAIAS
  • University of Colorado-Boulder

Catherine Putzier • Blogger

  • GAIAS
  • University of St. Thomas

Granada

Susanna Kemp • Photographer

  • Study in Granada
  • Northwestern University

Kat Peterson • Blogger

  • Study in Granada
  • Scripps College

Katie Moore • Blogger

  • Study in Granada
  • Occidental College

Lucy Mayer • Blogger

  • Study in Granada
  • Brandeis University

Hannah Smith • Social Media • Blogger

  • Study in Granada
  • UNC-Chapel Hill

Kenzie Syiem • Social Media

  • Study in Granada
  • Wofford College

Marissa Talcott • Blogger

  • Study in Granada
  • Claremont McKenna College

London

Zoe Rodriguez-Willie • Social Media • Blogger

  • Study London
  • California Lutheran University

Grayson Ruiz • Social Media • Blogger

  • Study London
  • Trinity University

Bridget Terranova • Social Media • Blogger

  • Study London
  • Point Park University

Chelsea Nunez-Peralta • Social Media

  • Study London
  • Penn State University

Madrid

Melanie Garza • Blogger • Social Media

  • Engineering, Math & Science
  • Carnegie Mellon Univ.

Kyla Hunter • Blogger

  • Engineering, Math & Science
  • Duke University

Emme Pike • Social Media

  • Language & Area Studies
  • Bates College

Audrey Glas • Blogger • Social Media

  • Language & Area Studies
  • Gettysburg College

Emma Ryan • Social Media

  • Engineering, Math & Science
  • Carnegie Mellon University

Milan

Michael Kyle • Blogger

  • Italy Today
  • University of Richmond

Michelle Tran • Social Media • Blogger

  • Business Studies
  • Bentley University

Cheran De Silva • Social Media

  • Italy Today
  • Kenyon College

Nantes

Anna Northenscold • Blogger • Social Media

  • French Language Immersion & Area Studies
  • Luther College

Kierstan Conway • Social Media

  • French Language Immersion & Area Studies
  • Cleveand State University

Micah Doctolero • Social Media • Blogger

  • French Language Immersion & Area Studies
  • Santa Clara University

Daisy Humphries • Blogger

  • French Language Immersion & Area Studies
  • Wofford College

Feza Anaise Umutoni • Blogger

  • French Language Immersion & Area Studies
  • Sewanee: Univ.

Amanda Carrier • Blogger • Social Media

  • French Language Immersion & Area Studies
  • Gettysburg College

Kira Patton • Blogger

  • French Language Immersion & Area Studies
  • Univ. of Puget Sound

RJ Walters-Dorchak • Blogger

  • French Language Immersion & Area Studies
  • UC-Boulder

Clare Hogan • Blogger

  • French Language Immersion & Area Studies
  • Wofford College

Una Mijatovic • Blogger • Social Media

  • French Language Immersion & Area Studies
  • Centre College

Paris

Martin Lopez-Melendez • Blogger

  • French Studies
  • Lewis & Clark College

Julia Himmelberger • Blogger

  • French Studies
  • St. Olaf College

Bella Valli • Social Media

  • French Studies
  • Indian University

Zoey Tyson-Taylor • Blogger

  • Business & International Studies
  • Hollins University

Rome

Cheyenne Willis • Social Media • Photographer

  • Language & Area Studies
  • Williams College

Vienna

Abby Seiple • Photographer

  • European Society & Culture
  • Gettysburg College

Bella Clinton • Photographer

  • VIenna: Music
  • Furman Unviersity

 

Abby Van Metre • Photographer

  • European Society & Culture
  • Denison University

Laura Bullock • Photographer

  • European Society & Culture
  • Davidson College

Check out all of our study abroad programs, follow IES Abroad on Instagram, read our student blogs, and learn more about the Correspondent Program.

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Chelsea Lakdawala

After studying abroad in Granada with IES Abroad, Chelsea knew she wanted to help others have a similar life-changing experience. At the time of writing, she advised IES Abroad students preparing to study abroad in Dublin, Rome, Shanghai, and Siena. In her free time, she enjoys learning languages and cooking.

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