{"id":26996,"date":"2016-02-16T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T19:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=26996"},"modified":"2016-11-10T10:51:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T15:51:25","slug":"international-business-grad-fluent-in-spanish-with-a-passion-for-soccer-guides-sports-team-tours-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/international-business-grad-fluent-in-spanish-with-a-passion-for-soccer-guides-sports-team-tours-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"International business grad, fluent in Spanish with a passion for soccer, guides sports team tours around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Shenk-Moreno visited Barcelona six times in the past year. The city offers many attractions, but for Shenk-Moreno, a lifelong Barcelona fan, seeing his favorite soccer team defeat Manchester City in the Champions League quarterfinal was the highlight.<\/p>\n

He was in the city again for the league\u2019s final, and even though Barcelona\u2019s ultimate win happened in Berlin, the local celebrations lasted through the night with crowd-surfing in the streets, raucous cheering and fireworks.<\/p>\n

Shenk-Moreno doesn\u2019t travel for pleasure; it\u2019s for a job he didn\u2019t even dare dream about. The 2013 graduate works with ProActive Tours<\/a>, which books and guides international tours for club and college sports teams.<\/p>\n

As an international business<\/a> major, fluent in Spanish with a passion for soccer, no job could have been a better fit, but the irony is his first job out of college \u201cfell into my lap,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

A growing business<\/h3>\n

Shenk-Moreno met one of ProActive\u2019s owners, Jeff Davis, while refereeing soccer in Harrisonburg. In January 2013, the pair worked a tournament together, and Shenk-Moreno learned that Davis would be leading a trip to Barcelona and Southern France in April. With graduation soon approaching, Shenk Moreno applied to be an intern with the company.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the time, they didn\u2019t have anyone who spoke Spanish. That was my in. I ended up getting the internship and also helped out on that trip,\u201d Shenk-Moreno said.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Shenk-Moreno at Chamonix, France, on the Aiguille du Midi (Mont Blanc) at 12,605 feet. (Courtesy photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The week he began his internship, ProActive\u2019s third employee handed in her two-weeks\u2019 notice.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the owners said, \u2018If you really like the job, then you can have the job,\u2019\u201d Shenk-Moreno said.<\/p>\n

Today, the company has seven full-time employees and double the number of trips annually compared to when Shenk-Moreno started as operations manager and group sales associate.<\/p>\n

A ‘thirst’ for exploration<\/h3>\n

He takes the \u201clive in the moment\u201d approach to the demanding travel schedule work<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m enjoying it while I\u2019m young and I\u2019m able to travel and I have the flexibility that comes with not being tied down with a family yet,\u201d Shenk-Moreno said.<\/p>\n

His work has also taken him to Cuba, Canada, Costa Rica, Argentina, Uruguay, England, France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Norway and Sweden.<\/p>\n

Travel has always been part of Shenk-Moreno\u2019s life experience. A native of El Salvador, he spent much of his childhood in Central and South America.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t, for example, like you stayed in Harrisonburg and never left \u2026 There was always this thirst for wanting to get out, wanting to explore,\u201d Shenk-Moreno said.<\/p>\n

Tailored travel<\/h3>\n
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Crossing the border between Germany and Austria on a whitewater rafting adventure. (Courtesy photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Everywhere he goes now, though, there\u2019s one thing in common\u2013an emphasis on active travel.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t just sit on a bus. We go on walking tours or bike tours. When we\u2019re in Costa Rica, we do white water rafting,\u201d Shenk-Moreno said. \u201cThe activities mostly work on team bonding, communication, group dynamics and getting them to become a closer team. It\u2019s always fun to do zip-lining or other activities where they have to work together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most mornings, he indulges himself in a run, listening to a Rick Steve\u2019s audio tour of the area he will take his group later.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do a lot of our own guiding because we know our audience. A college team doesn\u2019t necessarily want the entire history book. They want to know the cool stuff, the fun facts, the necessary facts, and then they want to have more free time to go around and take pictures,\u201d Shenk-Moreno said.<\/p>\n

Despite being an experienced traveler, Shenk-Moreno deals with the perils as well. While leading a trip in Barcelona, thieves took his camera, wallet, passport, sunglasses, phone and $300. He had no way of paying for anything, no way of getting out of the country and a group of 25 college students to take care of.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything worked out, but I was more bummed about my passport because I was two pages from filling it. I had three different visas and all these stamps from 26 different countries. Now I have five stamps,\u201d Shenk-Moreno said.<\/p>\n

However, the challenges are worth the benefits.<\/p>\n

\u201cI get to show people who have never traveled or gone anywhere a new place \u2026 That\u2019s a rewarding experience, and when people say, \u2018I can\u2019t wait to do it again,\u2019 I know I\u2019m doing my job right,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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