Growing up in rural Illinois, I had little international communications experience. In fact, it was actually sitting at a big zero by the time I got to college. In my first few jobs, I lived and worked in big (and then bigger) cities and grew experience working with people from all over the world. It energized me to learn about different cultures, customs and communication styles. Colleagues and clients inspired me to travel and increased the “countries to visit” portion of my bucket list.
