Amalia Rowan

Amalia volunteers much of her time to a no-kill animal shelter by helping with general maintenance work, walking dogs, and assisting in an initiative to register dogs to be spayed and neutered. She sings in the Unitarian Universalist Church Choir, lifeguards at a community pool during the summer, and is a counselor at a youth soccer camp. She enjoys contra dancing, knitting, embroidering, and doing yoga.

What I Actually Learned in Calculus

Amalia Rowan

2013-04-04

In the 8th grade, I was voted class clown, and was also frequently castigated by teachers for disrupting class or commenting incessantly. High school was not much different, and I still found that I was not much liked by teachers in classes I found less interesting than others, since I used conversation and unruly actions to...

Better Late Than Never….

Amalia Rowan

2013-01-14

Although I left the charming town of Capão over three months ago, I never uploaded the video I made of the time I spent there and the people that I met. I don’t take many pictures where I’m living now, so here is something to fill the void in my blog posts, and an update...

Ipe Amarelo

Amalia Rowan

2012-09-17

Driving through coastal Ecuador en route to Puerto Lopez, we saw hills covered with brown scrub brush and nearly leafless trees. Three rainy days later as we drove that same route, the hills had transformed into a vibrant yellow as the trees burst into flower. I later learned the tree, known in Ecuador as Guayacan,...

“Pace”

Amalia Rowan

2012-08-09

The last thing my Italian Host family gave me when I returned home was a rainbow colored flag that matched the one they had waving in their garden in Domodossola, a small town in the Alps of Italy. They instructed me to hang it in my own home so that our peace flags would always...