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Joan Hanawi

From Indonesia and Huntington Beach, California, Joan is the Editor-in-Chief of her yearbook, a pianist for the Academy for the Performing Arts, and the Secretary General of her Model United Nations program, a position that allows her to shine as a leader while using skills in writing, speaking, and researching. Joan also works as a Youth Worship and Ministry leader at Hope Chapel Huntington Beach, and volunteers as a candy striper at Hoag Hospital.

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Returning Home

Joan Hanawi

2012-06-23

The expressions of utter shock and surprise mirrored my own smiling face as I laughed at the absurdity of it all. An Indonesian girl living in Huntington Beach, California speaking Ecuadorian Spanish. But that’s what happens when you become a Global Citizen Year Fellow. If I could choose one word to describe Global Citizen Year...

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Home for the Holidays

Joan Hanawi

2011-12-07

The other day I was sitting in my family’s tienda (a little corner store that sells food and random necessities like shampoo) eating pancakes and eggs that I had cooked with Mamita and Vecina (the family friend that lives with us – “vecina” means neighbor). I like to cook for my Mamita, especially when she’s...

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Learning to Let Go

Joan Hanawi

2011-07-05

I have been very late with uploading blogs so I want to firstly apologize to those who have been waiting for an update from me. So much has happened between August and now that I myself do know how to decipher the different, completely opposite , emotions that sometimes intertwine at the same moment. I...

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