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title: ICES Blog | Inja Hartmann
description: Inja Hartmann is an exchange student from Germany who spent the 2024–25 school year in Elba, New York. During her year abroad, she embraced American high school life, made lifelong friendships, and discovered a lot about herself along the way.
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## Inja Hartmann

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Inja Hartmann is an exchange student from Germany who spent the 2024–25 school year in Elba, New York. During her year abroad, she embraced American high school life, made lifelong friendships, and discovered a lot about herself along the way.

### Recent Posts

<https://blog.icesusa.org/what-being-an-exchange-student-has-taught-me>

![](https://blog.icesusa.org/hubfs/Inja.jpeg) By [Inja Hartmann](https://blog.icesusa.org/author/inja-hartmann) On June 6, 2025

## [What Being an Exchange Student Has Taught Me](https://blog.icesusa.org/what-being-an-exchange-student-has-taught-me)

Before starting my exchange year, I thought I had a pretty good idea of what to expect. I had heard countless stories from former...

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