“During my student exchange, I had so many great and new experiences. I would have never thought that I could call a new and totally different place, a family I didn’t know, and all the strangers who became my best friends, my new home. I am still in touch with all the wonderful people I got to meet, and I know that these friendships will last forever. I am counting the days until I can go back to see everyone. I am so grateful for all the memories I made and brought back with me. I would love to go to college in America after finishing high school, and I cannot wait to travel and explore the world, because having friends all over the world is what I call pure happiness.”

– Lea Follmann from Germany, 2016–17