Josefina Cabrera
Josefina Cabrera, from Asunción, Paraguay, transformed her love for languages and cultures into a fully funded Romanian Government Scholarship to study in Bucharest. Raised on the Brazil-Paraguay border, she mastered Spanish, English, and Portuguese, sparking her ambition to study abroad. While in high school, she earned a near-full scholarship to Yale’s Young Global Scholars program. After graduating, she took a gap year to research universities, build a strong CV, and score 130 on the Duolingo English Test. Her 3.98 GPA, combined with leadership in extracurriculars like Operation Smile and the U.S. Embassy’s Youth Council, set her application apart. The Romanian scholarship covers tuition, accommodation, local transport, and a 60-euro monthly stipend, plus a year of Romanian language study. Josefina’s advice: research early, stay authentic, and keep pushing despite rejections—she overcame ten to win this scholarship.
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