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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Class Year
Country
reconciliarse
Emiliana Reinoso
2019-05-16
Reconcilio Rrrreconcilio con erre err-rre que suena fuerte erre, é como mi apellido Reconciliarse con uno mismo y con la gente, con mi abuela y hasta con los perros que llevan erre de riesgo. Reconciliarme con mi tierra, en las que nací y anduve de paso. A la distancia, con los amigos que se fueron,...
Read MoreThe Saree
Luciana Ribeiro da Silva
2019-05-16
https://youtu.be/dGFIxJAYgJ4 This is my host grandmother putting a saree on me on the night of Christmas’ Eve. In India, women of different backgrounds, religions, ages, practices, and dialects share the saree as their traditional attire. Centuries of colonization and Western influence did not change the primary piece of clothing of Indian women. They carry history...
Read MoreGratitude
Jovana Jovanovska
2019-05-15
*This is something I wrote about my experience in Senegal and I would want to share it with you. I hope you enjoy it and I would be more than glad to answer any questions you have. Keep in mind that this is just a single story of my experience in Senegal and that it...
Read More8 Months in 8 Pictures
Sara Ahlich
2019-05-15
Yesterday, I presented to several classes about my Global Citizen Year. In creating my presentation, I realized how hard it is to pick a few pictures, or a few stories, to properly convey my time in Brazil. Each picture has layers of experiences behind it, as does each story. Here is an album of 8...
Read MoreDiscurso despedida Farewell Speech
Mauro Ramirez-Azofeifa
2019-05-14
Há um ano, vir para o Brasil só era um sonho. Todos pensávamos mhhh “ainda falta muito tempo para começarmos nossa aventura no Brasil”. Tínhamos muita vontade de começar, mas também a gente tinha medo, E posso dizer com muita certeza que o medo era deixar casa, deixar mãe, pai, irmãos, amigos, seres queridos para...
Read MoreI Went to a Developing Country and Painted a Mural
Maria Bossert
2019-05-14
I know what it looks like. How cliche. But I am going to call it like it is; I went to a developing country and painted a mural. This mural was my Final Community Project, which was a required part of my gap year program. The goal of this project was to identify a problem...
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Day in the Life
Meredith Jones
2019-05-14
6:15am- Wake up, take a shower, eat breakfast with Heidy. Mama Ede cooks breakfast, usually a plate of rice, sometimes with potatoes or bread and quesillo (Ecuadorian cheese) or a boiled plantain (one of my personal favorites). 6:50am- Heidy and I leave the house to catch the bus. 7:30am- 1:00pm – I am at work...
Read MoreHasta Luego
Jeremy Chan
2019-05-13
Never did I think that I would ever live in Latin America, let alone Ecuador when i was a child. It was a part of the world that i had no knowledge about and had no connections to. The past 7 months flew by and till 2 days before i was leaving did i finally...
Read MoreCapstone Videos
Barbara Peck
2019-05-13
Here is a video I made with some moments from my time in Ecuador. I want to emphasize that these are only highlights from my time and do not represent the entire story of my gap year or the country itself. My gap year was incredibly meaningful, full of amazing stories but also some incredibly...
Read MoreMANU, OR MANUEL, NOT MANNY.
Manuel Quesada Nylen
2019-05-13
I had planned on doing a formal presentation by May 15th for my capstone project but things have not exactly gone underway yet due to unforseen hiccups coming into play last minute, so here is the first half of my informal capstone presentation. Chronologically speaking, this is my second half. The first half was a...
Read MoreA Letter
Tenzin Gyalmo
2019-05-13
A letter to me just starting the GCY journey. (And to future fellows who might read this) Dear me, You are getting way ahead of yourself. It’s great that you have these expectations but your expectations will serve you a good laugh. Seven months in Brazil seems like such a long time but it will go...
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Little Grey Pickup Truck
Sophie Meltzer
2019-05-11
On so many mornings while in Ecuador I would awaken and, before opening my eyes, think that I was in my bedroom in Framingham. Each time I would drearily lift my eyelids to be reminded that I was in fact, still in my host community. Sometimes this excited me, others it was devastating, and sometimes...
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