In this episode, Chari & Geoff welcome GBC alum Juana Henao Llaña to chat about her experience coming to GBC from her home country of Colombia in South America. Juana talks about meeting her husband at GBC, finding a job after college, and what it means to her that her younger brother now attends GBC.

Timestamps:

0:22 What's Happening this week at GBC

1:05 GBC's Super Bowl Ad

2:37 Introducing Juana

4:22 How Juana found GBC from Colombia

6:25 How Chari found GBC from Sweden

7:30 Juana's first impression of GBC in 2015 (meeting other international students)

9:43 How Juana met Brandon Ferrie (her husband)

10:45 Why GBC?

15:30 Juana's experience in the classroom

19:45 How Athletics helped develop Juana as a leader

23:00 Greek guy ran the first ever marathon

24:00 Chari's favorite Greek Myth

25:30 How Juana's overall GBC experience shaped her as a person (personal connection)

28:05 Where does Juana work and what's her position (SAP), interview experience

31:00 Struggle with International students staying in the U.S. - Juana's advice to international students with a dream of staying in America (CPT / OPT)

36:30 Preparing for an interview / more than a resume / tell your story

40:25 The best advice Geoff got before going to college

41:55 Growing our generation of GBC alumni

43:33 Tennis reunion organized by Joe Kissel

45:15 Ideas to connect with Alumni

48:40 What is Juana's dream role?

51:21 Chari's Polaroid of the Day

54:10 Should you change your last name after marriage?

Produced by Lightning Studio / Geoff Stone

Hosted by Chari Konomi & Geoff Stone

Thumbnail by Ksenija Marković Stone

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