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<\/a>Iziah Moreno<\/a><\/p>\nUTEP offers many resources\u00a0for\u00a0students\u00a0to\u00a0achieve\u00a0their academic goals,\u00a0but\u00a0sometimes\u00a0students\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0know about these\u00a0services. Fierro\u00a0emphasized how\u00a0GAMA\u00a0aims to\u00a0change that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goals involve getting as many\u00a0students\u00a0aware of the resources at UTEP that they can use to go abroad. We would ideally like to see numbers increase for Gilman\u00a0recipients,\u00a0and we would just like to see overall\u00a0students engage more with the study abroad office, because sometimes they\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0really go to ask for resources. So, we want to see just a general increase in successful\u00a0study\u00a0abroad stories.\u201d\u00a0Fierro said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to Davila, being abroad is filled with challenges, from getting\u00a0sickto\u00a0meeting new people;\u00a0but it is possible to take advantage of those weak moments and turn them into\u00a0life-changing\u00a0lessons. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing abroad in Corona I got like, super sick, and I had to go to the emergency room, and that opened opportunities to go shadow doctors over there. It opened my mind to how different things are all over the world,\u201d Davila\u00a0said.\u00a0\u201cBeing\u00a0able to see how the healthcare system worked in Spain compared to the U.S., was like a day-night situation and it helped me, like coming back, wanting to implement some of those dynamics that they have for my future plans of being a dentist when I have my clinic.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The benefits of studying abroad\u00a0aren\u2019t\u00a0limited to just the\u00a0days,\u00a0weeks\u00a0or months\u00a0one is out of the\u00a0country. The skills and global perspective one\u00a0can learn\u00a0are\u00a0lessons that students continue to\u00a0carry\u00a0throughout their career.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cEvery single country is a different thing,\u00a0even\u00a0each city within a country is completely different from one another, so being able to adapt,\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0the biggest thing with cultural awareness,\u201d Davila\u00a0said.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0like adapt your adaptability to different scenarios, and bringing back that characteristic to El Paso makes you\u00a0a more well-rounded student, and a well-rounded applicant for jobs or for scholarships.\u201d Davila said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Fierro remembers her time abroad as equally fun and transformative and encourages other students to consider taking that step.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI came back feeling like I could conquer anything, and I hope the other students can share that experience as well.\u201d Fierro said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n GAMA will be hosting\u00a0a tabling event on March 11 and\u00a0another\u00a0general\u00a0meeting on\u00a0March\u00a025. They\u00a0encourage students\u00a0of\u00a0any level to attend so that they can learn more about services,\u00a0scholarships\u00a0and study abroad programs, as well as to meet other people who\u00a0are\u00a0like\u00a0them,\u00a0filled with wanderlust and want to discover the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/utep_gama-31-600x436.jpg\")
<\/a>Iziah Moreno<\/a><\/p>\n