Shannon Fineran ’15 Senior Profile: Hispanic Studies

I had always loved learning Spanish in high school, but I never dreamed that it would have such an important role in my undergraduate education and in my life. After studying abroad in Sevilla, Spain my sophomore year, I discovered how a language could unlock a culture and a people that came to mean so much to me. This transformative experienced influenced the rest of my college career, causing me to pursue a major and to incorporate the Spanish language as a part of my identity and future dreams. The Hispanic Studies program has inspired me to challenge my preconceived notions of the world, to constantly question, and never stop discovering.