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The young alum, from George Town, Grand Cayman, will serve as a teaching assistant in university-level English classes.

It’s been nearly a half-century since the Spanish Nationalist general-turned-fascist dictator Francisco Franco Bahamonde died after close to 40 years in power. That’s a long time for a country to exist under a dictatorship. But even now, Spaniards can’t agree on what it all meant or what lingering effects it may have on Spain today — if they bother to discuss it at all.

Phoebe Brown ’24 has earned a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Spain for the 2024-2025 academic year, giving her the opportunity to teach English in an early education school in the Canary Islands.

Sophia Gliatto '24, a double major in Hispanic studies and comparative American studies, has earned a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) in Mexico for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Short-story collection Temple Folk shares reflections of former Nation of Islam members.

Anna Sheik returns to Mexico to follow her love of language, history, and teaching.

Nicolas Zamora’s Oberlin experience prepared him for the classrooms of Spain.

Díaz Burgos teaches Spanish language classes and early modern literature and culture courses in the Department of Hispanic Studies. 

One of several affinity houses, Harvey House (aka La Casa Hispánica) appeals to native-Spanish speakers of Hispanic heritage and non-Hispanic students wanting to immerse themselves in a Spanish-speaking environment.  

Mikaela de Lemos wants to give back to the community that welcomed her when she studied abroad in 2020, even though the semester was cut short due to the pandemic.