Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Lara Vanin, a Brazilian student, is pursuing her doctoral degree in Spanish and Portuguese at IU. When she first started applying for her master’s and a colleague told her about the program, she was enamored by the opportunity to teach students a language she loved abroad. Between dissertation research and instructing courses during the semester, she teaches IUHPFL students literature, culture, dance, and art in Ciudad Real, Spain. What drives her to take on extra work during the summer is amazing personal and linguistic growth she sees every year from program participants. “These students become giants!”

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