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Gema Benavides Jimenez

Gema is passionate about international understanding, dance, psychology, sports, and the environment. She was the leader of the dance team in her previous high school, she is involved in MUN and has been the Head of Social Events two years in a row in the MUNiM Conference. Furthermore, she is also involved in the UWC Movement as an Alumni of UWC in Mostar. Her goals for her gap year are to experience the Indian culture to its fullest, learn some Hindi, improve her French, join a local dance team and learn about how different cultures, educational systems and governance structure influence on human behavior.

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The Plurality of Home

Gema Benavides Jimenez

2019-05-29

Brilliant ideas overload me every time I don’t have access to a pen or a keyboard to track them down. Nevertheless, all inspiration seems to fade away each time I sit down in front of my laptop. When I am ready to let my mind flow and write, she is not ready to do so...

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dance – friends – live

Gema Benavides Jimenez

2019-04-20

Just turn the music on and I will no longer own my body or mind but the music. Throughout my whole life dance has been a vital part of it, from moments of extreme happiness, joy, pride, and excitement to moments of confusion, sadness, fear, and hopelessness. Dance has been through it all. Even though...

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Dirty Laundry

Gema Benavides Jimenez

2019-02-16

When you don’t have a washing machine in your house and you don’t want to wash all of your clothes by hand, you are forced to look for an alternative – in other words, you better find yourself some friends that do have a washing machine in their house. The day of the accident, Libbie...

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1579 Kilometers (981 miles) South

Gema Benavides Jimenez

2019-01-14

Grains of sand between my toes, whistling waves that softly caress my legs when hitting the shore, rays of sun that my cheeks and chest and the taste of salt in my skin-small pleasures of life that I only came to truly appreciate when I left my city in the coast of Spain 3 years...

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Do you like extreme sports? Come to India then!

Gema Benavides Jimenez

2018-12-06

Adrenaline. A hormone we produce whenever we are nervous or stressed. A hormone that stimulates the release of dopamine in our nervous system, that is to say, it contributes to the release of a substance that causes a feeling of wellbeing. So I guess, that is why some people really enjoy doing extreme sports– to...

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Back to School…

Gema Benavides Jimenez

2018-10-03

At all times, First Days of school are worth remembering.  Without a doubt, I’ll say that the one at Sant Tukaram School in Pune has definitely been the most overwhelming of them all.  Like in every first day of school, the moment you step a foot in the school, all eyes are on you —...

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