Teacher's trip almost Finn-ished
DANVILLE – Marja Luopa of Finland had wanted to study in the United States since 1980, when her sister was an exchange student in Texas and her family hosted a student from Colorado.
Luopa finally got to do that this month – as a teacher, through the Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs' faculty exchange program.
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