Anna Dispensa

Anna knew Augustana’s teacher education program was the one for her. But she never imagined she could study abroad and still graduate in four years— “an opportunity that many other schools did not offer education majors.”

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“ I used my Augie Choice to intern at the Alpha Primary School in Kingston, Jamaica, with Dr. Egan and about 20 of my peers. I also worked with the students! This opportunity allowed me to challenge my ideas about the traditional American schooling system and embrace new ideas….”

Along with her internship in Kingston, Jamaica, Anna also interned at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital School in London, and the Starlight Children’s Foundation in Sydney, Australia.

Today she teaches first-graders at DuJardin Elementary School in Bloomingdale, Illinois.