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Megan Smith, Class of 2008

Modern building with stone and glass facade, sign in front reads "Valparaiso University," landscaped with flowers.

What are you doing now?

Megan Smith, Class of 2008, with long brown hair smiles as she stands outdoors at night, city lights twinkling in the background.

I am working in South Korea with E.P.I.K (English Program in Korea) as an English as a Second Language teacher. I’ve been here since October of 2012, and I currently work at three small elementary schools in rural Sancheong-gun County, about 45 minutes north of the southern coast.

How have your history studies helped you in life?

I have a much more well rounded outlook. Taking courses in the history of the wider world humbles a person and gives them a more complex understanding of other cultures and customs. I realize the difference history has made in my life wheneverI decided to teach overseas. History has always been an interest of mine, but teaching in a foreign country has only accentuated that interest.