<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/student-stories-jessica-baccin.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>11/24/2025</pubDate><title>Scholarship, internship deepen student's experience</title><description>An international student from Italy, Jessica Baccin wanted to stay in America after completing her associate degree but was struggling to find an affordable four-year open. Then she found UBalt. </description><author>Student Stories</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/jessica-baccin-feature.jpg" alt="Jessica Baccin talks to another student while working in the design lab on campus."/></image><image-cap/><quote>I still love how people interact with one another, because there's no judgment. It's a very supportive environment.</quote><quote-name>Jessica Baccin</quote-name><quote-info>B.A. in Digital Communication</quote-info><tags><tag>Student Stories</tag><tag>Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences</tag><tag>international</tag><tag>transfer</tag></tags></item>