An El Salvador immersion

Michaela Uhling took a big step outside her comfort zone to spend a year teaching in El Salvador.

Uhling, who graduated from Saratoga High School in 2008 is a teacher in Sheridan.

Last year, after going to El Salvador to visit a friend she met at the University of Wyoming, she decided to take advantage of a program teaching English in El Salvador.

After visiting with the principal of the school she worked in and the superintendent, she was awarded an unpaid leave of absence to spend one year in El Salvador.

Uhling’s friend Blanca, who studied at the Unversity of Wyoming is from El Salvador. Bl...