Her mother is a social worker who once worked at Wright State and is now employed at a local nursing home. Her father works at Fort Recovery Industries and her stepfather at Honda. Umstead grew up with 10 siblings, most of whom lived together in the family’s four-bedroom house. It made me realize that if I were to rely on other people to determine what I do with my future, I would always be in Mercer County.” “I’ve always thought of myself as an open-minded person, but that was before I left the United States. She said the whole experience expanded her horizons. Umstead returned to work at the camp in the summers of 20. “One of their goals is to teach kids English. “They wanted me because I spoke English,” she said. The camp, which was located on a farm, ended up being Umstead’s “home away from home.” “It was mentally and physically exhausting, but I would do it over again in a heartbeat.” “You worked for 16 hours a day,” she said. In the summer of 2017, Umstead worked at the Cei El Jarama educational camp in Telemanca de Jarama, a small municipality just outside of Madrid. Spain is the largest country in southern Europe, boasts a half dozen major cities - Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Málaga and Bilbao - and has 47 World Heritage Sites. “And having warm temperatures most of the year is a big thing.” “I guess coming from a small town I enjoy the big cities,” said Umstead, who grew up in the western Ohio village of Coldwater. Umstead said she was bowled over by the “amazing” people and culture the moment she first stepped foot in Spain. Katelyn Umstead, an early childhood education major at Wright State University’s Lake Campus, has spent the past three summers at an education camp in Spain and hopes to teach abroad there after she graduates in the spring. She’s having a love affair with Spain and may never break up. After working during the summer at an education camp in Spain, Katelyn Umstead, a senior early childhood education major, hopes to teach in Spain following graduation in May.
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