Lisa Sanders, a local teacher at Austin High School, is getting the chance to learn about South Korean culture firsthand.

The Northeast Asian History Foundation is sending Sanders on a trip to the southeastern region of the Korean Peninsula to gain experience with the Korean people and their culture.

“[I hope to] learn more about Korean culture, Korean history, and bring back information to share with my students,” Sanders said.

She hopes to gain more knowledge on how people affect their environments, but also how environments affect people.

Sanders is a social studies teacher at Austin High School. She is the social studies curriculum leader and teaches RCC/Advanced Placement Human Geography, RCC World History, AP U.S. History II and Global Insights.

The group going to South Korea is made up of 14 teachers from different states in the U.S., who teach the College Board preparatory course, AP Human Geography, as well as one cartography expert, and the delegation leader. The trip is paid by the Northeast Asian History Foundation, and supported by the Austin Public Schools.

A one-day conference in Seoul, capital of South Korea, will focus on the geopolitics of the Korean Peninsula, and territorial and geographical naming issues that have persisted since the end of World War II. The field study will include observations at the Joint Security Area of the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea, visits to agricultural and industrial sites, the study of Seoul of one of the world’s largest cities, and the historical and cultural heritage sites representing the Peninsula’s 3000 year history.