My Spanish coursework beyond grammar courses, focused on successful communication and developing an understanding of the history of Latin America. I was particularly proud of my work in the course Hispanic Civilizations. The course was taught entirely in Spanish but my professor still taught the history in a complex yet incredibly engaging way. We read Gramsci and significant colonization scholars. The philosophical work we did in this class connected very closely to scholarship in my global studies courses. As we learned the history of Latin American countries, the values behind global studies scholarship made all the more sense. Learning the history of colonization from the people who experienced it led me to believe even more strongly in global studies’ prioritization of ideas from the global south.