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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Meet the Parents with Momsie & Popsicle
Expat Mama with Ashley
The First Few Months with Samar
Choosing to Move Back with Aurora
Here & There, Then & Now with Nic
Unemployment in Germany with Jeremy
Clinging to Your Culture with Jenny
Being Bi-Cultural with Gordon
The Beauty of Community with Berly
Affording Iceland with Alex
Relationships with Loved Ones Back Home with Summer
Study Abroad BFFs with Chad and Jared from Untranslatable Podcast
Long-Distance Relationships with Meg
Book Worms International with Steph
Extroverted Entrepreneurial American Expat with Joe
Learning German with Jenny
Season Two - Coming Your Way Starting January 24, 2019!
From Army to Expat with Kris
The Broke Expat with Jenny
A Plethora of Resources for Living in Germany with James
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