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“Meeting with the students [virtually] Discussing the challenges I had prepared was so inspiring because I saw that interest in science was piqued during our conversations, ”reflects Erick Eguia, a junior studying brain and cognitive science. Eguia had the unique experience of participating in a long-standing MISTI (International Science and Technology Initiatives) program at MIT in a new way - via Google Classroom for a group of eager students in Spain. Typically, during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), MIT-Spain's Global Teaching Labs (GTL) program sends over 40 students to high schools across Spain and Andorra to share MIT's hands-on approach to STEM education. MIT students, in turn, can learn about the diverse culture of Spain and practice their teaching, presentation, language and problem-solving skills. This year the program was reinvented and adapted due to Covid-19. MIT-Spain has been working with Fundació Tr @ ms, a non-profit