Season 1, Episode 7. Instead of heading to college straight after high school, 19-year-old Izzy decided to take a gap year and head to Germany with the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX), specifically the Vocational Youth Exchange.
CBYX is a nearly fully-funded year-long program that brings American teens to Germany for a year of immersion into German culture and language. While staying with host families, teens work a variety of internships in fields that interest them so that they can learn more about what they want out of their upcoming college years and future career.
Izzy has fully embraced this opportunity to learn about herself and the world. Her German has become flawless, she's made incredible contacts both socially and professionally, and she's taken on some tough life problems, like learning to choose what's best for yourself instead of what pleases those around you, deciding between country life and city life, and managing familial relationships as an adult, rather than a kid.
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Being an Asian Woman in Germany with April
Expat Partners with Katharina
Germany, America, and German-American Centers with Friederike
Weltschmerz and Culture Shock with Tanya
Culture Shock: USA v. Germany with Christin
Prepping for a Job Hunt in Germany with Nicole
House Hunting and House Hunters with Shanon
Voting Rights Abroad with Duncan
Sobriety and Mental Health in Germany with Rebecca
Napster Broke the Music Industry - Now What? with Reggie, Continued
Napster Broke the Music Industry - Now What? with Reggie
Family of Six Takes a Year Abroad with Anne and Thompsen
Pregnancy in Germany with Ashley and Appleseed
International Student with Bahar
Assimilation v. Self with Jenny
Newlyweds Abroad, Part 2, with Danielle
Newlyweds Abroad, Part 1, with Alex
Fulbright Program with Dane
Teaching English Abroad with Ashley
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