Aaron Foster ’12
Aaron Foster ‘12 and his wife, Katie, met while teaching in Taichung, Taiwan in July 2013, and the Fosters recently signed a two-year contract to teach in 2019 at Hangzhou International School in Hangzhou, China, continuing their plan to make international teaching a career. Foster grew up in Staunton, Ill., a town of about 5,000 people off I-55 between St. Louis and Springfield. He studied biology and education at C-SC he always was interested in traveling abroad. A travel study trip to Belize and Guatemala during his senior year was the first overseas adventure for Foster. Living in small cabins, learning about the rain forest, eating strange food and sleeping at night with a mosquito net on top of him only made him want to travel even more. “My perspective of everything is different now,” Foster said. “I appreciate what I have and where I come from. I’m not quick to judge someone else. I want to learn where they’re coming from. Everyone has a story. (Living abroad has) really opened my eyes personally and professionally.”
