I have always been interested in international opportunities and initially considered France because of my fascination with the language and the culture. In the end I chose Oklahoma State University in the United States. I wanted to experience a different culture that was familiar enough to navigate comfortably yet different enough to broaden my perspective.

I grew up seeing American life through the media, so I was curious to understand what it actually felt like to live and study there. I was also attracted to the scale of sport in the United States and the strong sports culture at a Division 1 university, which aligned with my own background as a sprinter.