Ryan Brissenden
- Alumni '09
"Travel takes everything we've learned in the classroom and transforms it into something tangible. I found myself a more self-aware, observant person. Suddenly I saw nothing as 'foreign', but rather 'yet to be discovered.' I would love to live and work in France for some part of my life. My primary goal is to become bilingual, which will present opportunities that, as a teenager, I could have only imagined!"
Michelle Shupp
- Alumni '95
"My ACIS trip was the doorway to the rest of my life. Seeing the beauty of the antiquity, experiencing the pace of Italian life, and hearing the tones of the language changed my life. Since then, I have traveled to five continents and 25 countries. It changed the course of my life."
Sean Hanley
- Alumni '05
"High school for me was defined by the trips I took with ACIS. Traveling as a teenager gave me the confidence to take strides into new territories while becoming a young adult. The value of the experience has continued to increase as I make more 'big life decisions' as a recent college grad."