Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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As she watched her young children grow up, Natalie Samaco had a realization.

“I spent so much time investing in them that I had forgotten to invest in myself,” says the Master of Arts in Leadership-Health student.

She decided to change that when she signed up to study abroad in Malasia for the summer.

In her International Ed Talk, Samaco speaks about what she learned during that trip, and how the biggest lessons happened outside of the classroom.

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