Help me study in Costa Rica!

Elena Matchen Start Date: Aug 23, 2017 - End Date: Apr 29, 2018
  • San José, San José Province, Costa Rica
  • San Isidro, Heredia Province, Costa Rica

My Travel Story

by: Elena Matchen Start Date: Aug 23, 2017 - End Date: Apr 29, 2018
Next summer, I will be spending two months in Costa Rica to complete an internship in the field of Arts Administration!  This internship will help me complete my minor in Arts Administration at Ohio Northern University.  Thanks to an incredible faculty at ONU, I have had the incredible privilege of finding a deep love for more areas of theatre than just performing, and Administration has stolen my heart.  It is such an incredible privilege to learn the skills involved in making the arts possible for our world, which needs them more than ever.
I jumped at the opportunity to complete this coursework in Costa Rica because it is the country of my father's birth and therefore very important to me and to my family.  I plan, at some point after finishing college, to obtain a double citizenship and live in Costa Rica for at least a few years, and this internship is therefore all the more important to me because this is my chance to take a short time test-running a life working in the arts in my father's home.
I feel very deeply about the importance of the arts in the world, and I feel very honored and blessed to have this opportunity to learn more about the impact the arts can have on a community.
I ask for any donations you can give to help make this dream possible for me--it really will be the summer of a lifetime and I can't wait!
  • San José, San José Province, Costa Rica
  • San Isidro, Heredia Province, Costa Rica