From Ballerina to PhD: achieving against the odds with Johanna Arenaza

CultureConversationsImmigrant stories
Written By WhereWeLand .
 

Johanna Arenaza is a psychologist based in Washington D.C. Born in Bilbao, Spain, Johanna left her home country at 18 to study at the prestigious School of American Ballet in New York City without knowing much, if any, English. In a few years Johanna went from a full-time ballerina who didn’t speak English, to a psychology student who would go on to get a PhD.

 
WhereWeLand .
Next

Awkward convos: marriage, kids, neither? l Just Us