Fellow Stories
True gap year stories from Fellows abroad!
Check out the latest blogs from Global Citizen Year Fellows in Brazil, Ecuador, and India!
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Minha Amada Biblioteca
Myriam Sitterson
2014-10-21
The little library where I work is one of the biggest worlds I know. To know any space — to know where the floorboards creak and the sofa sinks, or which drawer holds the whisk, the paperclips — surely fulfills some innate human desire. But to know a library… This week, I’ve read A Brief...
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Week on Senegal #2: On Language
Jose Cruz
2014-10-21
I write these words on October 15th. While I will still write seven blogs, it won’t all be done in a week. I chose that quality is better than quantity and took my time with my blogs. Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the role language plays in society, mainly because of all the...
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The German Immersion Within My Ecuadorian Immersion
Alejandro Sanchez
2014-10-21
How does a German who has never been to the United States and an American who has never been to Germany become good friends? There he was, standing in the corner of the lunch room drinking coffee while waiting for Spanish classes to resume. As I went to serve myself some tea, I heard him...
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Thoughts of a Fellow
Andrew Sinclair
2014-10-21
The thoughts that ran through my head during the start of my application up to where I am today: Go submit your application; this program is what you’re looking for. Look at that, you got in. On the 2nd week of June you graduate, next comes the summer, then Ecuador. Be ready to leave your...
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To my Future Self
Bailey Bullock
2014-10-17
This past week, we were challenged to create and share our vision of our Global Citizen Year. My vision of my future self is as follows: By April, I will have a new place to call home. I will have added six new members to my family and I will have become another sister and...
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A True GAP Year Experience
Isabel Nardi
2014-10-17
It all started with a simple toothache.I had decided this was the universe telling me either I was eating too much food or I was meant to stay with my Quiteño family for a few extra days to solve my issue. I rolled into classes Monday and informed my team leader of my pain asking...
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About Learning
Danielle Morales
2014-10-17
As someone who loves to learn, I have always felt at home in a classroom. Of course, home had its ups and downs. At times, I was comfortable, finishing tests with ease and receiving high grades on papers. Other times, I was challenged. Sometimes it came in the form of a new concept or perspective,...
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Read Some Books!
Jason Child
2014-10-16
This first month has been filled with so many new experiences. Every day is a new exciting day and it makes me that much more excited for tomorrow. This month has not been easy. I have experienced so many joys and so many sorrows. The toughest part of my journey so far has been saying...
Read MoreSemana sobre Senegal #0.5: Ebola
Jose Cruz
2014-10-16
Escribo estas palabras el jueves, 9 de octubre de 2014. Ayer dije que escribiría un blog pequeño cada día de esta semana, cada uno sobre una característica distinta de Senegal. Cuando le pregunté a mis amigos qué querían saber, tuve varios que me preguntaron sobre Ebola. Aunque no era algo a que le quise prestar...
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A Taste of Perspective and a Transformation in Returning
Sophia Richter
2014-10-16
I’m sitting on a beautifully woven met stretched out over the cool sand and beneath the dark sky. There is a light breeze that rustles the leaves on a nearby mango tree and causes a roosting bird to take flight. Reflecting on my day, I can hear the rhythmic drumming of a marriage celebration. I...
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The Difference
Juno Fullerton
2014-10-14
The difference between knowing what you want and knowing how to find out what you want… Today I got lost. Not ridiculously, terrifyingly lost, but lost. I didn’t have a firm idea of where I was, and additionally, I didn’t really know how to get where I needed to go. I’d been thinking about blogging...
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A Week in Mbodiene
Alisa Nelson
2014-10-14
Featuring: a new family – new languages – love in the form of sickness – some folklore and a baby goat – and tea A NEW FAMILY I have six siblings, plus an older brother who doesn’t live at home. My father brings home fish that aren’t quite dead yet and my mother sings to...
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