With the recent COVID-19 pandemic, countless study abroad programs were cancelled or postponed for the safety of its students. Recently, however, some programs got to resume as early as this past summer. Madelyn Spano, a third-year biochemistry student from San Angelo, was one of 24 students picked from the United States to attend the Doctors in Italy fellowship program. 
 
“My role is to find a strategy and to build long-lasting relationships with universities that (Doctors in Italy) partner with, and also to build a program that students find value in,” said Nadia Neytcheva, the CEO and co-founder of Doctors in Italy. “Our mission is to internationalize medicine using technology and education.”