View fullsize It’s November 14th, and it dawned on me yesterday that it’s been four months since the International ACAC annual conference, hosted by Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. I have yet to say THANK YOU. July passed by in a blur f
View fullsize Last week was a truly memorable experience! After joining the IECA Independent Educational Consultants Association in 2019 as an associate member and graduating to professional membership in 2023, I finally had the opportunity to attend my first IECA
View fullsize Feliz Navidad 🎄! Sending nature’s warm 🌈 embrace wherever you may be in this big beautiful 🌎!
View fullsize After a week in Italy, my husband and I made a pit stop in Madrid, Spain, where we played tourists for a day and met up with family from Puerto Rico. The next day, I took the wimpy way out (I didn’t trust my inner compass) and caught an Uber to
View fullsize Happy Thanksgiving everyone! This pumpkin is thankful for YOU! —And for my eldest daughter’s high level of tolerance! 😆
View fullsize What a day! I did it — 24 hours of roaming Rome alone and I made it back to my hotel in one piece. I have a silly fear of getting lost and a terrible sense of direction, so I will never be the first to volunteer to navigate if I’m not con
View fullsize The past 48 hours have been some of the most fulfilling I’ve experienced as a college advisor. The idea was hatched in May to bring school college counselors from Guanacaste to San Jose to experience the variety of global opportunities for the
View fullsize I want to give a massive 🤗 to the JC4U Central American fly-in Powered by Susy team! Thank you, @juanfe4u Juan and @susydeurruela Susy, for being outstanding examples of creating heartfelt connections and building bridges between global school and
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View fullsize I’ve finally recovered from the @intlacac 2023 International Counselor Bus Tour in Florida! For six fast-paced days, 22+ international school-based and independent educational counselors toured 4-year universities and colleges, several communi
View fullsize There’s a first time for everything! Who knew that July 2023 would be the first year I attend the International Association for College Admission Counseling @intlacac at Florida International University @iadmissfiu as an independent internati
View fullsize Have you always dreamed of earning your undergraduate degree in Canada? Students in Costa Rica will have an opportunity to meet with university representatives from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in the Centro de Convenciones Costa R
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View fullsize Last Thursday at the Colegio Calasanz in San José, Costa Rica, representatives from several universities in Spain promoted undergraduate and graduate options at the Study In Spain university fair organized by the Servicio España para la
View fullsize Tripping down memory lane again … NABA just recently sent me this invitation for creative students to learn how to “picture” themselves through a portfolio. In 2012, I was selected to visit NABA in Milan, Italy with colleagues fro
View fullsize Going down memory lane… I received an email inviting students in Costa Rica to attend a workshop on Hospitality Career Trends hosted by Glion and Les Roches both in Switzerland (campuses also in Spain, China, and UK) and it had me reminiscing
View fullsize 2022 flew by, and 2023 has spread its wings! 2022 certainly wasn’t easy peasy. It had its challenges and obstacles; births and deaths; starts, stops, and restarts, and through it all, I have been blessed … Professionally … 🦋to
View fullsize There are two fantastic opportunities next week Monday and Tuesday for students to visit with a LIVE (not virtual! 🙃) US university representative at Lincoln School @college_counseling_lincolncr on Tuesday from 10:30 am to 11:53 am and on Monday at
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