2001

Sara Ali
Queretero, Mexico

Peace Corps Guatemala 2002-04. Currently pursuing a master’s in bilingual bicultural education at Teachers College, Columbia University. I am engaged to be married.

Lauren Banasky
London, England (Spring 1999)

After my experience in London, I not only fell in love with England but also with its rich history. In October 2001, I left Portland to work in Europe for a year. I spent time as a waitress in a Scottish hotel/restaurant, an Irish sport horse trainer in Galway and a bi-lingual receptionist at a French chateau. Each of the jobs were quite physically and mentally challenging, but wonderfully gratifying. I returned to Portland and found a job in a clinic for children with learning disabilities. For the past three years, I have worked in this clinic, pursued my master's degree in English history and fought an aggressive brain tumor. I am now tumor-free and looking forward to being a full-time graduate student next year. My end goal is to become a professor of early modern English history. My study abroad experience shaped my plans for the future.

Amanda C. R. (Roth) Clark
Beijing, China (Fall 1996)

Currently working toward an MLS degree in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alabama where I've received the (all expenses paid) Graduate Council Fellowhsip. Just returned from a summer in Taiwan where I took intensive Chinese lessons at Taiwan Language Institute.

Amity Clausen
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Living and working in Portland as a deputy district attorney.

Alicia DeBrincat
Seville, Spain

I'm living with my boyfriend and lunatic cat in the San Francisco Bay Area, and am pursuing a career in the visual arts. Check out my latest work at www.aliciadebrincat.com.

Christina Delgado-Geraghty
Angers, France

Four months after graduation from the UO, I moved to SF. I got married, had a baby and started working at University of California at San Francisco's Nursing Press. I also just entered the MA TESOL program at San Francisco State University.

Stephany Lowe
Universitaet Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

I work in the outdoor industry for a company called Ruff Wear in Bend. We make outdoor equipment for dogs, and I get to continue to use my German skills with our European distributors. I will be going back to Switzerland and Austria for my honeymoon in January 2007, where I will be introducing my fiancee to the culture and fantastic skiing experiences. I continue to ski and figure skate, and I have a Great Dane as my fur-child.

Alexis (Benjamin) Mason
Quito, Ecuador

I married my college sweetheart, Scott, on September 4, 2005, in Moorpark, California. In 2004, Scott's job was transferred to Stamford, Connecticut, so we made the big move out east from Portland. We live about 45 minutes from New York City, which we love! I am still very much connected to my study abroad experience through my career. I work for the head office of a large cultural exchange program called American Institute for Foreign Studies, Inc. (AIFS). My division, called Academic Year in America, offers high school students from around the world the opportunity to live with an American host family and attend public high school for a year. We have local coordinators across the U.S. who identify and screen host families, and supervise the students once they're here. I am currently in transition to a new position, where I will be hiring and training all new local coordinators, as well as administering certain grants and scholarships to high schools and host families. This is a very unique job that has allowed me to stay connected to my own study abroad experience in Ecuador.

Courtney (Misslin) Neron
Poitiers, France

French and Spanish teacher at Tigard High School. Married to Joe Neron.

Deonne Schoner
Lyon, France

I am working in retail managing people. I am the captain of my Hood to Coast Relay Race team and this was my fifth year of running it. I am in a committed relationship with an exceptional person, Jo. Bijoux is my brilliant, beautiful girl, she'll be ten soon...she is my greatest accomplishment.

Anna Shope
Queretaro, Mexico (Summmer 2000)

I am currently a 4th year medical student at the University of Washington. I am doing an international rotation in Peru next Spring.

Erica Harbison
Queretaro, Mexico (2000)

I was recently promoted to Senior Account Executive @ Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, a global communications agency. I support the Microsoft Corp account. My husband Patrick and I welcomed a baby boy, James in July 06. We have been married for 3 years.

Catherine Reichenberg
Angers, France
London, England

I went to law school at the University of the Pacific. Studied abroad again in Budapest. Now an attorney in Reno, NV

Courtney Smith
Siena, Italy (2000-01)

Got married 9/29/07.

Karen Sullivan
Siena, Italy

I am expected to earn my Ph.D. in Linguistics at UC Berkeley this December. I'm currently one chapter away from a completed draft of my dissertation, "Grammar in Metaphor: A Construction Grammar Account of Metaphoric Language". After graduation, I'll head off into the unknown...but the unknown may be Iceland, where I've applied for a Fulbright to study metaphors in medieval Icelandic poetry.