𝓡𝓮𝓭 𝓕𝓸𝔁 𝓕𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮𝓼 🦊 From a walking distance on Marist’s Poughkeepsie campus to now 1,000 miles apart, Celine Diaz and Joey Italia have taken the term ‘long distance’ to new heights. Celine in Madrid, Spain and Joey in Florence, Italy decided to take a leap of faith and spend their spring semester abroad, each embarking on their own adventures and delving into their heritages. But the decision wasn’t easy. “The biggest thing was that he wasn't sure of was if he could get out of his comfort zone. And I was like, ‘We can do it together. It's going to be an experience that we can have for ourselves, but we'll be able to experience it together. Even though we're not in the exact same place or the same program, we're experiencing similar things, and if anything we can fall back on each other’.” - CD ‘23 “So during the process of applying when I was really teetering, I actually got a fortune cookie that said, ‘Pat yourself on the back for making that right choice’, and that ...