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Hi everyone! My name is Gabriel Ancil. I came to IU as a freshman in 2013. I had already found my passion in Psychology before coming to campus, but I knew I wanted to explore additional areas. Within the first week of my first International Studies course, I was hooked. Culture, human rights, gender, multiple perspectives—it was all right there. I quickly paired International Studies with Sociology and changed psychology to a minor. I loved my classes and found myself encompassed in this whole new world where I finally had the appropriate channels to explore my interests. Where I come from, people don’t travel. Some of my wealthy peers used to go on nice vacations, but nobody really “travelled.” The world wasn’t this place you could explore; it was this out of reach idea. My time here at IU opened that door for me. I call it my Narnia. Suddenly the world was accessible. I loved my work in International St...