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Ingrid Puello: one of our excellent students

In 2013, I joined Unicolombo in order to study Tourism and Hospitality Management through Ceres and Icetex. In 2015 I got my diploma in Tourism and Hospitality, and at the end of the year I moved to Montevideo, Uruguay.

3 months later, I got my first job in a hotel, as a receptionist and event planner, this allowed me to pay for my studies, also Icetex gave me 50% discount on my bachelor's degree because of my good grades, then in less than 3 months I had already paid for everything.

2 years later I came back to Colombia to finish my studies. So far, I have had the opportunity to earn 2 merit-based scholarships in the past 2 semesters, Unicolombo rewards their students' academic excellence.

I am almost finishing my major, it is my last semester and I definitely can not imagine this happening otherwise, studying at Unicolombo and coming back for more was the best decision I could have ever made.

By Ingrid Puello. IX semester

Ingrid Puello has earnt merit-based scholarships during her professional career. She loves languagues, so she can speak English, French and Portuguese. She had also the opportunity to live in Uruguay. Now, she shares her experiences for Tourism Today, the digital magazin of the . Bachelor of Business in Tourism and Hospitality Management

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