An international students story and advice | Lily Chang | TEDxIWU

Lily Chang, a college senior, shares her unique experience of being an international student three times. Traveling abroad for both high school and college gave Lily the chance to experience the good and bad of making your home in a new culture, and she shares her advice for other traveling students and the institutions that host them. Hsin-Jou (Lily) Chang is a current senior at Illinois Wesleyan University double majoring in Economics and International Business. As an international student from Taiwan, she has had plenty of experience with studying abroad. She attended high school in New Zealand and spent her Spring 2017 semester in Freiburg, Germany. Lily is involved in Kappa Delta Sorority and Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Fraternity, and served on the Student Senate from her first through junior year at IWU. Lily is passionate about fostering cross cultural understanding and communications. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx