UAB alumna and employee Davina Nielsen shares her memories from both her time as an au pair as well as her study abroad in Spain. And like a lot of people, it was everything she wanted, and nothing like she expected.

Jane Lucas and Kim Wellborn

In 1969, the University of Alabama at Birmingham was born—an independent institution rooted in the Magic City, created from the union of a university extension center and a pioneering academic medical center. Check out amazing tales form UAB's first 50 years on the UAB Memories Podcast.