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Vol. 52, No. 48
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courses at Wawasee her freshman year, she became passionate about learning and speaking the language. She said, “It really just made sense in my mind. That’s just how my brain works.” She started speaking it more with her dad. At the conclusion of her sophomore year, Clay traveled to Europe during the summer with a group of students led by Wawasee Spanish teacher Mindy Coblentz. The summer 2022 trip started in Dublin, Ireland, and from there the group traveled to London, England; and Paris and Normandy, France. When she was in France, she didn’t really 3$5,6 75$,1 know the language. She ³ 67$7,21 realized she wants to mas0F.HQQD &OD\ ter Spanish to transcend DQG KHU FRKRUW language barriers and reIURP :DZDVHH ally help others feel more FKLOO RXW DW WKH comfortable by being able 3DULV 7UDLQ 6WD to communicate with them WLRQ 6KRZQ LQ in their native tongue. IURQW IURP OHIW DUH In the future, Clay &OD\ &OD\ &R would like to focus on EOHQW] DQG 0LQG\ health care. She is thinking &REOHQW] ,Q WKH about going into pediatric EDFNJURXQG IURP health care with a possible OHIW DUH -HDQLH focus on the pediatric inten6PHOW]HU -RKQ sive care unit. She will mi6PHOW]HU %URQ nor in Spanish, which would %RQQHU Z\Q allow her to communicate -DPRUD Q \Q %U more proficiently with her 5REHUW DQG Spanish-speaking patients. NH 6FKPXF U 3KR While referring to the WR SURYLGHG E\ IUHPFL application process, 0LQG\ &REOHQW] Continued on page 3
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