Carolina Jarquin:  

Hi, after I graduated I went ahead and enrolled in Miami Dade Community College. I was not ready for college!! I took some classes but later on I took a break and started to travel. I went to Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Mexico. I left to study French at Laval University in Quebec, Canada for one year. I came back to Miami and visited Costa Rica again. On my way back from Costa Rica I decided that I was going back to college and finished what I started. I obtained an AA in Business. I then enrolled in Saint Thomas University to study International Business. I took classes there for two semesters. I did a semester abroad in Assisi, Italy and learned Italian. After the semester was over I stayed in Europe and traveled all around with my best friend Anna Gil (Banana). We traveled all Italy by train: Venize, Rome, Florence, Pisa, Verona, Sienna, Sorrento, Capri, Perugia, Bologna. Then, we continue to Spain and visited Barcelona, Madrid and Toledo. We jumped on the train to Paris, France and then to Niece. We stopped in Monaco on the way back to Italy. When we got back to Miami, I decided I wanted to change my major. I left St. Thomas University and enrolled in FIU to study International Relations. In 1996, I obtained my BA in International Relations and an academic certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and a minor in Health Services Administration. After I graduated I moved to Nicaragua and I worked for the President of Nicaragua as one of his pe...Expand for more