Stagiare AFC

Meet Kelsey, stagiare at the Alliance Francaise de Charlottesville!

This upcoming spring, Kelsey will graduate from the University of Virginia two majors: French Language & Literature, and Global Environments & Sustainability. This past spring and summer, she was able to combine her passions for French and the environment through an internship with the Hydrology & Geochemistry Laboratory of the University of Strasbourg, located in the heart of the capital of Alsace.

Of all of the things she loved about her experience in France, she misses the coffee the most, along with spaetzle--the equivalent of Alsacian macaroni and cheese. Her favorite thing about Alsace was the uniquely mixed French-German architecture, particularly that of the Petite France sector of Strasbourg. She hopes to return to France after graduation to continue to continue working with renewable energy sources and international relations.