Stories

Lara-Nour is from Evanston, IL and an alumna of the Arabic 2020 Virtual Summer Intensive program. I could almost smell the mint tea through the screen. Steam billowed from the glass cup my teacher Soukayna was holding as she explained how to prepare the perfect Moroccan tea for Eid Al-Adha. Read More

Tasmin is from Huntington Beach, CA and an alumna of the Chinese 2020 Virtual Summer Intensive program. Last summer, I was fortunate enough to participate in the NSLI-Y Mandarin Virtual Summer Intensive. Our classes were conducted online, with a small group of NSLI-Y students and an instructor from Nanjing University. Read More

Mikaela is from Bradenton, FL and an alumna of the Arabic 2019 Summer program in Rabat, Morocco. My NSLI-Y notification couldn’t have come at a better time. I had just gotten my tonsils out, so discovering I was a finalist for the Arabic summer program in Morocco alleviated all my… Read More

Karim is from Tampa, FL and an alumnus of the Korean 2020 Virtual Summer Intensive program. Throughout the months of July and August, I took on the adventure of learning Korean virtually with the NSLI-Y Program. Although I was very excited for the experience, I only knew the basics of… Read More

Xenia is from Carlisle, PA and an alumna of the Arabic 2020 Virtual Summer Intensive program. I was recently in a meeting with the president of my college and fourteen other first-year students where we had the opportunity to introduce ourselves and talk about our passions. When it was my… Read More