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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Travel Germany: The Black Forest with Trash Jenny
Expat Repat Re-Expat with Lindsey
Viva la Deutschland, Baby! with Marlene
I’m moving! Collab Episode with The Germany Experience
Making Friends Abroad with Hannah Teslin
The Only Belonging You Need Is In Yourself with Aditi
How To Build a Healthy Intercultural Relationship
An American in Austria with Jo
Preparing to Move Away from Germany with Jaedyn
Finding and Defining ”Home” with Keltie
Q&A with Your Host, Nicole
Pivoting to Tech and Digitalisation in Germany with Laurel
Voicing Your Desires & When Everything Aligns with Esther
Remote Work & Digital Nomadship with Chase
Identity Burps & Being Vulnerable to the Whims of Life with Ditte
Mid-Break Life Update, July 4th Event
Deciding to Have Kids or Not When Living Abroad
Ask the Expat with Idan from Unmatch Me Now
Libraries & Librarians Abroad with Katherine
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