Tutor & LLA Alumni News
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Chloe graduated in May 2024 with a double B.A. in Psychology and Spanish. She is currently pursuing an MA in Hispanic Studies at UIC while also teaching in the Spanish Basic Language Program.
| Psychology and Spanish Major, 2024
Sophie completed her B.A. in Gender and Women’s Studies and a minor in Spanish for Health Professions in May 2024. In Fall 2024, Sophie began the Master’s of Social Work (MSW) program at UIC’s Jane Addams College of Social Work.
| Gender and Women's Studies Major, 2024
Lisset graduated from UIC in May 2024 with a double B.S. in Health Studies and Spanish. She is now working as a Medical Scribe and Clinical Informatics Specialist at Oak Street Health.
| Integrated Health Studies and Spanish Major, 2024
Arabic tutor Maggie graduated in December 2023 with a B.S. in Biochemistry. She is now working on her Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine and Doctor of Acupuncture at the National University of Health Sciences.
| Biochemistry Major, 2023
After graduating as a Psychology major at the end of summer 2023, Sadie is pursuing her career goals in the psychology field by working as an ABA therapist with 2-6 year olds on the autism spectrum.
| Psychology Major, 2023
German tutor Alex graduated May 2023 with a B.A. in German. Alex is now living in Rostock, Germany. She works at Stadtteil- und Begegnungszentrum Südstadt/Biestow, a community and youth center tied with the local government of Rostock.
| German Major, 2023
Spanish tutor Kegan graduated in May 2023 with a double B.A. in History and Spanish. He is now living in San Diego where he works as a Sales Development Representative for Cars Commerce.
| History and Spanish Major, 2023
Italian tutor Valentina graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Criminology, Law, and Justice. She is now a J.D. candidate at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and a Legal Intern at the Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center.
| Criminology, Law, and Justice Major, 2019
German tutor Paola graduated with a BS in computer science in May 2022. She is now working as a Senior Analyst/Software Engineer at Northern Trust in Chicago.
| Computer Science Major, 2022
Samie earned her BA with a Major in Chemistry and a minor in Spanish in 2022. She is currently working at Lurie Children’s Hospital with plans to apply to medical school in the near future. Her experiences at Lurie Children’s Hospital really helped her see how her Spanish skills will be useful as a doctor.
| Chemistry major, Spanish minor, 2022
Ariana Antonelli graduated with a B.A. in English and minors in Italian and Spanish in 2020. After spending a year teaching English in Madrid, she is completing a master’s degree in Linguistics at the University of Siena, in Siena, Italy.
| English Major, 2020
In Spring 2022, Ley earned a BA in English with double minors in French and Management Information Systems. Here’s what they had to say about their upcoming plans: “…I’m graduating this semester and heading to grad school. I’ll be getting my masters in Library and Information Science at UIUC.”
| English major, French and Management Information Systems minor, 2022
German tutor Lily earned her BS in Biological Sciences in 2020 and subsequently her MA in Germanic Studies in 2022 at UIC. While working on her MA, Lily taught for the German Basic Language Program and worked at the LCLC. She is currently an academic advisor in the College of Business at UIC.
| Biological Sciences major, 2020
French tutor Laurie graduated with a BS in Biological Sciences in December 2021, and was accepted to the UIC French and Francophone Studies MA program for Fall 2022.
| Biological Sciences Major, 2022.
After graduating as a Teaching of Spanish major in May 2022, Spanish tutor Valeria began work as a Spanish teacher at Romeoville High School in Romeoville, Illinois.
| Teaching of Spanish major, 2022
Jazmin earned her BA in French and Francophone studies in 2021, after which she started nursing school at Loyola University.
| French and Francophone studies major, 2021
French tutor Susy completed her BA in Teaching of French in May 2022, after which she moved to France to teach English on the TAPIF program funded by the French government.
| Teaching of French major, 2022
After finishing her undergraduate study at UIC in 2020, Kelsi went on to earn an MA from UIC’s Germanic Studies department in 2022, teaching for the German Basic Language Program and working as an RA with the LCLC. She is now a PhD student in German at the University of Michigan.
| Germanic Studies and Communication major, 2020
French tutor Crystal finished both a BA and MA in French from UIC in May 2022.
| French and Francophone Studies major, 2020.
Rodrigo earned his BA in History in 2022 and now plans to earn a certification for teaching history.
| History major, 2022
German tutor Nate is student teaching for the Fall 2022 semester while completing a dual degree in Teaching of History and Germanic Studies.
| Teaching of History and German major, 2022
Ian completed a BA in Germanic Studies in May 2022 and entered the MA program in Germanic Studies in Fall 2022.
| Germanic Studies major, 2022.
Emma completed a BA in Germanic Studies with an Art History minor in December 2022, after which she joined the UIC Germanic Studies MA program in January 2023.
| Germanic Studies major, Art History minor, 2022
Spanish tutor Alison was a double major in psychology and Spanish with a concentration in Hispanic linguistics. She graduated in May 2022, and is planning to pursue a Master’s degree in speech pathology.
| Psychology and Spanish Major, 2022.
German tutor Evan completed a BA in Sociology in 2020, after which he entered the Germanic Studies MA program in 2022. Currently, he is working at CATE and planning an IT career in learning technology/Ed tech solutions
| Sociology major, 2021
After graduating from UIC in Fall 2020 as a double major in Psychology and Sociology, Anye went on to graduate school at UIC’s Jane Addams School of Social Work, graduating with an MSW in Spring 2023. He is now a clinical social worker in the Chicago area.
| Psychology and Sociology major, 2020
Gabriela graduated from UIC in Summer 2020 as a Biological Sciences major with a minor in Germanic Studies.
| Biological Sciences major, Germanic Studies minor, 2020
Karen graduated from UIC in Spring 2019 as a Biological Sciences major with a minor in Germanic Studies.
| Biological Sciences major, Germanic Studies minor, 2019
Marina graduated from UIC in Spring 2020 as a Psychology major with a minor in Italian and Italian American Studies.
| Psychology major, Italian & Italian American Studies minor, 2020
Mary transferred from Truman College and graduated from UIC with a BA in French in Spring 2022. She will begin an MA in French and Francophone Studies in January 2023.
| Teaching of French major, 2022
Nada graduated from UIC in Spring 2021 as a Biochemistry major with a minor in French and Francophone Studies.
| Biochemistry major, French and Francophone Studies minor, 2021
Nicole graduated from UIC in Spring 2021 with a degree in Neuroscience. She’s now a research specialist at UChicago Medicine.
| Neuroscience major, 2022
Nikki graduated from UIC in Spring 2022 as a Biological Sciences major with a minor in French and Francophone Studies.
| Biological Sciences major, French and Francophone Studies minor, 2022
Now a Senior Bilingual AML-KYC Analyst at BMO Financial Group, Charlotte graduated from UIC in May 2021 with a B.A. in French and Francophone Studies.
| French and Francophone Studies major, 2021