Summer study abroad changed local woman's view of life, world

August 17, 2011 at 5:52 a.m. | Updated August 17, 2011 at 5:52 a.m.

Whitney Griffin, right, stands with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Russell in Toledo, Spain. Griffin served as their tour guide for a week.
Whitney Griffin, right, stands with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Russell in Toledo, Spain. Griffin served as their tour guide for a week.

She dreaded Spanish class and basketball was her life when Whitney Griffin attended high school at Helias in Jefferson City.

But a summer study abroad as a student at Westminster College in Fulton caught her attention.

The 2008 stay in Salamanca, Spain, was supposed to be just a summer experience in language and culture.

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