Francesca Abroad: Following an American high school student鈥檚 year in Sarajevo

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Francesca Abroad: Following an American high school student鈥檚 year in Sarajevo

By Jessica Severin de Martinez,

Published August 25, 2022 at 8:53 AM EDT

1 of 6 — Francesca Cronin is a high school student from Dunstable, Massachusetts, who spent an academic year abroad in Sarajevo. She was part of the YES Abroad program.

Francesca Cronin is a high school student from Dunstable, Massachusetts, who spent an academic year abroad in Sarajevo. She was part of the YES Abroad program.

2 of 6 — Francesca Cronin is a high school student from Dunstable, Massachusetts, who spent an academic year abroad in Sarajevo. She was part of the YES Abroad program.

Francesca Cronin is a high school student from Dunstable, Massachusetts, who spent an academic year abroad in Sarajevo. She was part of the YES Abroad program.

3 of 6 — Francesca Cronin is a high school student from Dunstable, Massachusetts, who spent an academic year abroad in Sarajevo. She was part of the YES Abroad program.

Francesca Cronin is a high school student from Dunstable, Massachusetts, who spent an academic year abroad in Sarajevo. She was part of the YES Abroad program.

4 of 6 — Francesca Cronin is a high school student from Dunstable, Massachusetts, who spent an academic year abroad in Sarajevo. She was part of the YES Abroad program.

Francesca Cronin is a high school student from Dunstable, Massachusetts, who spent an academic year abroad in Sarajevo. She was part of the YES Abroad program.

5 of 6 — Francesca Cronin is a high school student from Dunstable, Massachusetts, who spent an academic year abroad in Sarajevo. She was part of the YES Abroad program, with her father, Peter Cronin.

Francesca Cronin is a high school student from Dunstable, Massachusetts, who spent an academic year abroad in Sarajevo. She was part of the YES Abroad program, with her father, Peter Cronin.

6 of 6 — Francesca Cronin (right) is a high school student from Dunstable, Massachusetts, who spent an academic year abroad in Sarajevo. She was part of the YES Abroad program, with her best friend in the city, Azra Hrnjica.

Francesca Cronin (right) is a high school student from Dunstable, Massachusetts, who spent an academic year abroad in Sarajevo. She was part of the YES Abroad program, with her best friend in the city, Azra Hrnjica.

For over a year, we followed American, Francesca Cronin as she experienced being a high school student abroad in Sarajevo.

You鈥檒l hear what she felt, what she learned, and how she changed.

Plus, you鈥檒l hear her dad鈥檚 reflections on loving her from afar, and from the best friend she made over there, too!

And Audacious producer, Jessica Severin de Martinez, talks about how her experience as a German student in the United States 25 years ago formed her life.

GUESTS:

Francesca Cronin: A high school student from Dunstable, Massachusetts, who spent an academic year abroad in Sarajevo. She was part of the U.S. Department of State鈥檚
Peter Cronin: Francesca鈥檚 father
Azra Hrnjica: Francesca鈥檚 best friend in Sarajevo

Jessica Severin de Martinez and Catie Talarski contributed to this show.

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Jessica Severin de Martinez

Jessica Severin de Martinez is a producer for Audacious with Chion Wolf.

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