After getting sidelined by a sports injury at 15, Tanya felt stuck and uncertain about her future. So when she read an article about studying abroad, she knew she had to do it. What she didn’t know was that her time abroad as a teenager was just the beginning of a lifetime of change. In this episode, we’ll hear how a nearly split-second decision to travel to Italy as a 15 year old eventually led Tanya to the Middle East, where she learned about true tolerance and the nature of change itself.

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