with me are juniors, denise chavez and sarah who happens to be my niece. welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> we have a couple of pictures that you sent me. this must have been a great learning experience for both of you. let me start with you, denise. tell me what you learned on your excursion to el salvador. >> the biggest thing learned was the importance of really doing something that you love and foe using on something that you are passionate about. through my time at santa clara i have become passionate about social education. during my time there i was able to work with the kindergarten classroom and help them with their reading skills and this like that. we were able to share stories and learn about each other's lives and learn -- i would be able to tell them about what i do here and in the united states. and i would learn about how they live their lives and we were able to apply what we learned there both in the classroom and outside of the classroom. >> you were gone for a whole semester. social media, how big of a part did that play in you keepi