Hi! My name is Rachael Hardy and I am a senior in Ohio. With many long talks with my parents I have decided to take a year off before continuing my studies into college. I have had so much anxiety figuring out what to do this next year. That's until I found the Education First gap year program. It has EVERYTHING that I have been wanting to do and so much more. This trip will help me blossom into a young adult and will help guide me with my future studies in college. There are so many benefits of my doing this program. One benefit will be that it will officially get me out of my comfort zone. It will help me experience life outside of the USA. I will be learning all sorts of new things and new cultures. It will also help me gain more independence for my future. I am so blessed and honored to have been excepted into this once in a lifetime program. Thank you in advanced for helping me make my dreams come true. You are so very special and kind. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. God bless :)