How did being a YFU exchange student help define who you are today?

What we are today can be attributed to the education and experiences we have gone through early on in life. They say traveling is the only thing we spend on that makes us richer — more so being away from home at a young age, living with a foster family for months, and being in a completely new environment.

This is exactly what the students that join the Youth for Understanding or YFU does. It is one of the world’s largest and most respected international educational exchange organizations that offers students the opportunity to study a year, semester or summer in a foreign country.

Let’s read as some personalities share how YFU has helped define who they are today.