Ellen Street completed a B.A. in Linguistics and B.A. in International Studies in May 2012 from the University of Missouri. Ellen's current focus is on incoming and outgoing study abroad in higher education, which began with her own foreign schooling and eye-opening work experience in Andalusia, Spain at the University of Cadiz. She currently works in the University of Missouri Graduate School with the International Teaching Assistant Program and the Vietnam Education Foundation to continue learning about international education from the American perspective.