Hola (hello)! My name is Lisbet Jackson, and I’m 21 years old. I grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Living around the mountains, I always loved hiking and being outdoors. If I’m not outside, I'm usually dancing, baking cookies or making sculptures out of clay. When I graduated high school, I moved to the East Coast to attend Bard College, where I study Spanish and poetry.
I’ve been studying Spanish for six years, but I haven’t felt very confident in my ability to speak the language. To improve my Spanish and learn about a different culture, I decided to study abroad. I'm currently going to school at the University San Francisco of Quito in Cumbaya, a town just south of Ecuador's capital, Quito.
Ecuador is beautiful and one of the most naturally diverse countries in the world. Here, I can hike in the Andes mountains, visit active volcanos, adventure into the Amazon rainforest, and much more. I can’t wait to share them all with you and learn more about Ecuador together.
Want to know more about how you can study or intern abroad when you are a college student? The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. Government and supported in its implementation by the Institute of International Education (IIE). Learn more about the scholarship by clicking here!
