Before moving to Prague six weeks ago to start a new life as an English teacher in the Czech Republic, I lived abroad before in Sweden as an exchange student. I spent the year following my return back to the U.S. with one goal - to return back to Europe.

I had the passion and drive to arrange my life to move, completed all of the preparations one could do before leaving their home country, and had a sense of peace about the entire process and the impending move. I thought moving to Prague to be an English teacher would be a breeze… But I realize now nothing could have prepared me for what life would be like when embarking on such a wild voyage!

After studying abroad, I finished my senior year at my home university in San Diego, and when a last minute summer school course deflected my plans for attending graduate school abroad, I found myself with a sudden freedom looming after my final courses were finished.

After seeing a flyer on campus for my college’s TEFL program, I did some research online, compared different options, and found International TEFL Academy. Within three days I had signed up for the Online TEFL Course due to start in July 2015.