Sarah Bielec is currently a junior majoring in elementary education with a concentration in Korean and a minor in East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Originally from Minooka Illinois, Sarah chose to attend Illinois due to the Korean Language courses available and the strong support from the College of Education to study abroad. Sarah studied at Korea University in Seoul on two separate occasions, citing her first experience and a desire to take more courses as the motivation to go abroad again.