O'Grady, CEHS, to teach in Brazil on Fulbright

23 Apr 2012    

Loni O’Grady, a secondary Spanish education and English as a Second Language education major, has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship. She will travel to Brazil in 2013 to gain experience teaching English in a foreign country. O’Grady, of Omaha, is completing her student teaching at Omaha South High School. She teaches Advanced-Placement Spanish, ESL 1 and 2 and a dual-language computer course.

Grady spent almost three years studying abroad in Queretaro, Mexico, where she realized she wanted to become a Spanish teacher. She also completed a summer internship in Queretaro working for the Tec de Monterrey’s international programs office. O’Grady became fluent in Spanish during her time in Mexico. Read more about O'Grady and this Fulbright in Today@UNL.