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High School Sports Benefit Exchange Student

September 28, 2017 AYA 4 Comments

Korish hanging out with his team

Korish from Pakistan lives with a host family in Corning, New York. He wrote the following about his experiences in sports diplomacy as an international exchange student on a varsity high school team. The best thing is that I just made a varsity soccer team in Corning. I think … [Read more...]

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