{"id":82,"date":"2025-04-03T21:08:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T21:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/italy-malta-2025\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2025-04-03T21:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T21:17:10","slug":"sara-borja-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/italy-malta-2025\/profiles\/sara-borja-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Sara Borja (Faculty)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/italy-malta-2025\/files\/2025\/04\/250206_C_Sara-Borja_Italy-Malta-Headshots_DW_25.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/italy-malta-2025\/files\/2025\/04\/250206_C_Sara-Borja_Italy-Malta-Headshots_DW_25.jpg 900w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/italy-malta-2025\/files\/2025\/04\/250206_C_Sara-Borja_Italy-Malta-Headshots_DW_25-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/italy-malta-2025\/files\/2025\/04\/250206_C_Sara-Borja_Italy-Malta-Headshots_DW_25-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where are you from?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St Louis, MO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your major(s)\/minor(s)?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instructor of Art History.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What has been the most meaningful idea you\u2019ve discovered or learned so far in preparation for your study abroad to Italy\/Malta?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have enjoyed the opportunity to make further connections between Renaissance and Baroque art and how the original locations of the art influenced artistic choices. 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