Ellen Rose, Executive Director at Texas Tech Costa Rica, tells us how she first went to Costa Rica for six months as she needed to demonstrate proficiency in a second language to undertake her doctoral research, and how eventually she transferred there starting an education consulting business that took her to Africa to support a range of widening access projects.
Ellen tells us about the establishment of Texas Tech campus in Costa Rica, with a specific view to widening access to US higher education to Costa Ricans unable or unwilling to leave the country. She shares the initial challenges as the campus opened just before the Covid 19 pandemic, and how now it is recruiting from all over the region and beyond, and talks about the work they are doing to bring technical education programs to Costa Rica, as well as other countries in South America.
Ellen tells us of her passion for helping realise people’s potential through international education… and of one of her most memorable experiences, helping students in Mozambique successfully apply for international education scholarships that changed their lives, and helped them contribute back to their local communities.

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