#31 🇪🇨 Wrestling with Religion, Trust Fund Baby, Being Open to Change - Samy Lopez (4K)

Today’s guest actually started college in her home Country. We hear about it was like moving away from home to attend university at Ecuador’s capital, Quito, changing from a medical student to studying economics, doing a high school exchange to the US, transferring from University in Ecuador to College in the America, challenging religious and personal beliefs, participating in debates at the model UN, working in the trust fund industry, getting married, dreams for the future, discovering personal truth… and everything in between.I was honestly quite amazed at the life journey this person has been on to become the person she is today. Her curiosity through learning and understanding has and continues to allow her to overcome obstacles and find her truth.There’s a wonderful feeling I have every time I get to see this person. She has an incredibly warm, welcoming aura. She really just an awesome person.I hope that you enjoy our conversation as we go back to College with Samy.SHOW LINKSFollow ⁠⁠⁠⁠Samy on Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow⁠⁠⁠⁠ Zac on Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen to the podcast onSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/366U9QQazfrR7VMoOHE6Ru?si=a3a4691e4d8d457eApple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/back-to-college/id1704626461YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@Back_to_CollegeFind your bold at Augustana: https://www.augie.edu/Chapters:00:00 Trailer2:15 Intro4:48 Welcome Samy6:26 Growing Up in Ecuador7:58 Starting Uni in Ecuador8:59 Wanting to Become a Doctor11:08 Wanting Other Things in Life12:40 Switching to Economics15:15 Getting a Taste for South Dakota18:05 Decision to Study in the US20:17 Transferring to the US22:10 Ecuadorian Food VS American Food25:10 Studying in America28:44 College in America VS University in Ecuador31:19 The US Classes33:57 Government Club35:16 So Much to Learn45:16 Samy's Letter Grade46:29 The Non-Obvious Highlights51:31 What makes Augie Special for International Students54:49 Working in Wealth57:06 Samy's Dream58:27 Getting Married61:10 What Would Samy Tell her High school Self?