For any international student who is not planning on returning to their host nation, nor or they planning on continuing into grad school, barriers to the future begin to start popping up in the brain. Me, very comfortable here in Charlotte, with my friends, my girlfriend, and…

Moving into my junior year, it was time to start focusing on my studies, leaving behind the bullshit general education classes which just collect cash for two years and select what I wanted my degree in. Although, having that two year buffer did prove a nice feature of the U.S. university system…

Just before the end of my first semester I told my coach that I wanted to leave, and then the whole transferring mess began. With my coach not wanting me to leave, I didn’t officially get a ‘release or permission to speak to other coaches’ so that way, I had the option of staying if I didn’t find anywhere else to play…

Coming to the U.S. has been one of the best decisions I have ever made; being able to play football every day, earning a degree, having no student debt, having a beautiful girlfriend, and now, a full-time job. However, there are struggles that the average international students Instagram isn’t telling you…