Embracing Myself and Mali

By Jedgar on January 6, 2011

Anticipating my study abroad experience, I envisioned visiting Parisian museums and enjoying buttery French pastries. For years, my plan had been to spend a semester in Paris, swooning over the beauty of the architecture, the allure of the people, and of course, the fashion. But then my academic advisor told me the last thing I wanted hear: “Paris is easy,” he had said. “I urge you to go somewhere that will challenge you.”