How I Got Here

Spanish was always extremely difficult for me, and a constant anchor on my g.p.a. from high school all the way through university. In college I was dead set on going to as presitigious (and most likely expensive) a law school as I could possibly get into, having had my heart set on getting accepted by schools such as Georgetown, Vanderbilt and American. After squeaking out a B in Spanish I and then getting my first C in college in Spanish II, I decided I had to find a way around my Intermediate Spanish I and II requisites if I wanted to have any chance at getting into any of those law schools. A month studying Spanish abroad in the beautiful Mexican city of Cuernavaca, Morelos was the answer I was looking for. The studying abroad program was pass/fail and according to everbody I spoke to, nobody had ever failed.

Cuernavaca was amazing. 75 degrees and sunny every day, with some brief showers in the evenings. There was so much new culture, food and sights to take in and great people to meet that it was impossible to digest in such a short amount of time. The local people I met in Cuernavaca placed family and life above everything else. Their motto was we work to live not live to work, and I dug it. It truly was an eye-opening experience. I also met a Mexican girl who would later come to visit me in Ohio a couple times and eventually became quite serious.

The experience in Cuernavaca turned out to be life changing to say the least. None of the law schools I mentioned previously would ever receive an application with my name on it. I graduated the following December then worked in the Ohio Senate for roughly three months before resigning due to a "personality conflict" between myself and a senior co-worker. I had hoped to work in the Senate for a year before starting law school, but cutthroat office poltics drove me to submitting my resignation much earlier than expected. All of a sudden had 9 months to kill before early applicant season for law school.

Mexico here I come!


Shane Lewis is a Mexican real estate specialist in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Where he is also studying Mexican Law with a focus on real estate and property law. He has several years experience working and living in Mexico, and is happy to answer any questions foreign citizens in Mexico may have regarding the purchasing process in Mexico.

For immediate information regarding property in Puerto Vallarta feel free to contact Shane at shanemlewis@gmail.com.