![]() ![]() Instead, in the true style of my generation, I downloaded the Duo-Lingo application and started practicing. So, did I do the smart thing and take a German language course? No, of course not, that would be much too well-thought out and coordinated. I was determined however, despite these challenges, that I would be up to the task. ![]() ![]() On top of that, I had been doing largely bioinformatics and computational research for the past two years during the pandemic, so was rusty on my laboratory skills. I am a microbiology major and had taken some classes in genetics but had little knowledge of the specific laboratory processes related to genetics research. Second, I realized that the research I was going to be doing was entirely based in genetics. However, I quickly remembered that I had taken Spanish in high school, not German, and so was going to have a huge language barrier once I went over. When I found out I had been accepted and awarded a position at the prestigious German Diabetes Center for the summer of 2022, I was ecstatic. Like most of my college choices, I applied to the study abroad program on a whim in November of my junior year, never expecting to win the international fellowship, which gave me a generous living and travel stipend. A simple phrase, but one that was essential for me this past summer when working as a German Academic Exchange Service Research Internships in Science and Engineering fellow in Düsseldorf, Germany. “Ich hätte gerne einen kaffee, bitte.” I’d like a coffee, please. ![]()
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