On-Site Program Interns

Sarah Grunberg

Sarah is originally from Ithaca, NY, and she has been living in Warsaw for the past year. Her parents are Polish, so she speaks fluent Polish and English. She completed her BA at Ithaca College, majoring in Culture and Communication. She is currently finishing her MA in Sociology at the Centre for Social Studies in Warsaw, and she will start her PhD at the same university next year. In addition to working as Study Abroad Poland’s On-Site Intern, she also teaches English at a Polish-English pre-school in Warsaw.

Irina Pierzynska

Irina is originally from Russia, and she has been living in Warsaw for two years with her Polish husband.In addition to Russian, she speaks fluent Polish, English and Spanish. She is currently an MAstudent at the Centre for Social Studies in Warsaw, and she will start her PhD there in the fall. In addition toworking as the On-Site Intern, she also teaches foreign languages at “Info English” language school in Warsaw.  In 2005 Irina spent 6 months in the U.S. as an exchange student participating in the “Work and Travel USA” program.

Virtual Interns

Tiffany Chan

Tiffany Chan was born in Canada, but she spent her childhood mostly in Hong Kong. She attended a local school, and then an international school. In her sophomore year, she decided to join the inaugural class of an American online high school, and she spent two years studying with friends from around the world. This experience truly expanded her horizon. She is currently pursuing a BA in Political Science and Russian Studies at University of Rochester. Her interest in Central Europe began by taking Russian classes last year. Although she picked the language randomly out of a list and initially regretted doing so (as I struggled with remembering vocabularies), she eventually fell in love with Slavic culture and languages. I hope that one day she can visit or study abroad in Central Europe and Russia. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, inventing recipes and trying them on her family and friends, and watching movies without sound.

Nicole DeMarco

Nicole DeMarco is from Syracuse, NY and is majoring in Psychology and minoring in Business at the University of Rochester. She hopes to pursue a career in Human Resources and has interned at University of Rochester's Human Resource Development Department, Paychex's Recruiting Department, and BAE System's Recruiting Department. By interning for Study Abroad Poland, Nicole hopes to expand on her interest and experience in the field of recruiting.

Travel Log Journalists (we will publish their travel logs on our website)

Joselyn Serowski

Joselyn lives in Colorado. She takes great pride in her Polish heritage and she loves Poland. She studies at Front Range Community College, where she majors in Criminal Justice/Humane Law Enforcement and minors in English as a Second Language. After she graduates she would like to teach English in Poland. Her activities include working as an Animal Care Volunteer, Krakowiacy Polish Dancing, and kickboxing. She participated in Study Abroad Poland’s 6-week program at Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

Taylor Oyer