Maria Gamache

Maria is passionate about the health and well-being of those around her. She is involved in Soles for Souls, a non-profit organization with a focus on fighting poverty both domestically and globally, was a Student Ambassador to Turkey, and was co-president of her high school's environmental club. Her goals for the year are to learn more about herself and the world, how she can contribute, and to have a better understanding of what her future plans may be.

Always On the Sunny Side

Maria Gamache

2014-04-11

My dad always told me to, “keep a light heart.” I remember sitting on the bench seat of the big blue truck, happily seated at his side, drinking in each word. Today was one of many goodbyes. The children of CEEDUC (the elementary and middle school that I spent most of my time apprenticing at)...

A Smattering of Thoughts

Maria Gamache

2014-03-07

The relief of cool air hitting my skin, an almost empty bakery, and soft cowboy music-playing overhead tells me that it’s okay. Every time I sit down to write, my mind goes blank. It seems to have no problem racing late at night, persisting that I write my blog post about ‘x,’ or have my video revolve around ‘y,’...

A Little Bit of Background

Maria Gamache

2013-09-13

My very own, highly personalized, (highly public), blog. Well, I do have to say this was much more of a challenge than I originally anticipated. Over the course of, well, frankly far too long, much of my time spent on creating this first post went a whole lot like this: Step one: Sit down and think of...