Growing up, it was a dream for me to travel abroad. When I was a senior in high school, my Geospatial Analysis class final project helped me determine which countries I should study abroad at. When I was presented with a storytelling opportunity to study abroad in Brazil, I decided to take it. Not only the class counted towards my major, I had the experience of a life time. I met so many different people and saw so many amazing animals that I’d see nowhere else. I learned about a new culture that I could educate many of my American friends about. My mother and I have traveled to many different Central American, European, and Middle Eastern countries, however, I’ve never been to the Southern Hemisphere before this trip. Heck, my mother has been to many more countries than me, but she has never touched foot in South America or the Southern Hemisphere. I hope to share this experience with her, as well as many other people, maybe inspiring them to travel abroad one day.