She moved from Maryland to Morocco for a better life. She didn't expect to start a school in her home.

Julie Wilburn, from Maryland, now runs a microschool in Morocco.

Courtesy of Julie Wilburn

• Julie Wilburn moved from Maryland to Morocco for a better quality of life.
• She has lived there for 13 years and now runs a small school.
• Similar to the US microschool movement, Wilburn found a need for more personalized learning in the region.

Julie Wilburn, 53, never anticipated that, over a decade after moving from Maryland to Morocco, she would be running her own school.