There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. -Nelson Mandela

I couldn’t be more happy with my choice to come to South America. From the language, to the music, the history and the culture, everything is SO different from home. I feel like studying in a European or other westernized country would have made my experience vastly different. As my semester is winding down, I’m trying to scratch off the last few things I still want to do here, but I am realizing that I have sucked the morrow out of this experience. I have done things I did not even know existed, learned a language that at one time seemed impossible, seen the best and the worst of Rio, and have made some really great friendships along the way. That is what studying abroad is all about.