Fulbright Reality Czech

By Maureen Heydt This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.  Kelsey Engstrom   Kelsey Engstrom is a 24 year-old California native who is spending the year teaching English in the small, northern Czech town of Náchod. Kelsey is a perfect example of the varied backgrounds that Fulbright English Teaching Assistants come from, proving that a background or previous studies in education is not a requirement to becoming an ETA. Indeed, Kelsey spent the year before her grant working for the Office of the Inspector General in California as a prison rehabilitation analyst. Here, Kelsey discusses living in a small Czech town, biking back and forth across the Polish border, and her passion for criminal justice reform. -------------------------------------- Fast Facts ------------ --------- -------------------   Hometown: Mill Valley, California University, Major/Minor: University of Washington, Law, Societies, and Justice/Spanish School in Czech Republic: Obchodní aka