Lauren White holds a MSN degree from Yale University and a BA from the University of California, San Diego, and currently works as a pediatric nurse practitioner. She has traveled all over Western Europe, North and Central America, Southeast Asia, and studied abroad in Italy in 2004. She’s back for her second year with TFT in 2012!

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Mateal Lovaas holds a BA in International Studies from Middlebury College and is studying for a MFA in Creative Writing and Environment at Iowa State University. She has taught English, history, and drama at the middle, high school, and college levels. Mateal has traveled to or lived in over 40 countries, including semesters in France, Cameroon, and Bolivia, as well as four years residing in South Africa. Mateal has a passion for fiction, photography, cooking, languages, scuba-diving, Buddhism, and yoga. 

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James Carr of Redding, California joins us this year on our Madrid, Mallorca and Barcelona Language trip. A graduate of Willamette University, James has traveled throughout Europe, spent 2 years in the Peace Corps in Bolivia, and recently finished an 8 month trip to Vietnam and Cambodia where he traveled and taught English.

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Fernanda Rodriguez of Montevideo, Uruguay, joins us this year on our Discover Europe, Spain & Portugal II and Madrid, Mallorca and Barcelona Language trips. A graduate of the Universidad Catolica del Uruguay, Fernanda has spent years traveling throughout South America and Europe, and has experience leading groups of teenagers in her native country. Her ebullient personality and permanent smile will make her a fantastic addition to our team! 

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Giulia Laveto is a native of Verona, Italy and has a degree in Educational Science from the University of Verona. She is passionate about cooking and photography, skills that are certainly enhanced by her love of traveling! Giulia will be back with TFT for her second summer in 2012.

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Max Steen, from Red Bank, NJ, graduates in 2012 with a double major in Music Business and Sound Engineering at the University of New Haven. Having traveled with TFT as a participant , then a CIT, then a Junior Counselor, he will join us for his seventh year serving as a Senior Counselor.

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Jon Bolick of Hickory, North Carolina attends the prestigious International Business School of the University of South Carolina, where he was awarded an academic scholarship. A former participant, he returns for his fourth summer with TFT in the role of Senior Counselor. 

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Allison Vila, our office assistant, spent the first 14 years of her life in France before moving to the United States with her family. When not helping out in the office, Allison is a student at West Chester University where she is a Languages major. Fluent in French, holding dual citizenship, Allison will be a Junior Counselor in Paris this year.  

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