Hello! My name is Madison Koenig, and I am 22 years old. I come from a really small town in southern Indiana called Sandborn. I grew up on a crop farm, and I always got to eat fresh sweet corn that was grown right outside my house every Summer! I would help my mom make meals with the local produce and meat that we got, which was where my love of cooking began. When I entered high school, I started taking Family and Consumer Sciences classes (FACS) and fell in love with the field. From those classes, I learned how to cook, sew, budget, care for children, and develop relationships.
I saw a need for those content areas in other schools, so I decided to attend Purdue University to study FACS Education. Since there are many different cultural aspects of my major, I thought it would be beneficial for me to travel overseas and obtain new insight into those cultures! I plan to bring those ideas with me in my future classroom and develop a culturally inclusive environment. I am excited for this opportunity, and I cannot wait to share my journey with you!
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!
