The team at CIS Abroad is dedicated to keeping programs affordable and accessible in order to create a more connected and compassionate world, one person at a time.
"Why I'm Here" was created for CIS Abroad's participation in International Education Week, a joint initiative developed between the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment.
Throughout 2018 and 2019, I visited CIS Abroad’s students living across Europe and Oceania to hear about their experiences abroad. I interviewed, shot, and edited stories of a diverse group of students; many of them the first in their family to either travel independently or to leave the US borders.