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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Tiarnan Ferry
2018-08-26
232. Right now I'm the 3, currently in Oakland, sandwiched between home and home. The first of which I lived for 18 years, and the second of which I'll live for a mere 7 months, though it will certainly feel much longer. I'm the 3…. three hours behind in time from where I'd be if...
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Goodbye Seattle…
Andrew Chen
2018-08-26
I’m sitting in SeaTac waiting for my flight, but I still can’t believe I’m about to head off to Stanford for Global Launch. I had a lot of fun with my friends and family here in Seattle this summer, and I’m going to miss all of them very dearly. Leaving everyone you’re comfortable with is...
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Marco Barracchia
2018-08-26
The last two years at UCW have taught me how important it is to strive for the best, to help others, to be the best version I could be. UWC is a place that made me live and feel, and then thrown me into the real world, without a guide on how to go through...
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Starting again
Pamela Martinez
2018-08-26
I don’t know if you’ve ever heard about mercury retrograde but after this summer I definitely believe in it. As Wikipedia shortly explains, it is a period of time in which (haha srsly I don’t remember the scientific reason – I am an artsy person, haha) everything related to communications and technology just...
Read MoreI have No Keys Left
Ali Yuksekkaya
2018-08-26
As I am moving on to a new and different part of my life, I am excited, nervous, and a little bit scared. I am excited because I always wanted to go to different countries and learn new things. I am nervous and scared because as someone who has changed schools quite a...
Read More3.53 METRIC TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE BETTER BE WORTH IT!
Edin Čusto
2018-08-26
During my time at the UWC in Mostar, where I was born and have lived all my life, I used to joke with my international friends regarding their carbon footprint. Because they needed to travel from their home countries to Mostar and vice versa, their carbon footprint was much higher compared to mine, at least...
Read MoreBe Your Own Pressure System
Adriana Martinez-Smiley
2018-08-26
To ease my nervous breath before I travelled to California, I decided to read a poem or two. I shuffled through my Grandmother’s book collection, letting my fingertips gently graze upon each book’s spine until it landed on one that felt right.The book that I happened to pick up was called Winds by Mary O’Neill,...
Read MoreOff The Beaten Path
Ara Vickers
2018-08-26
Today, I am embarking on the journey of a lifetime. I am taking my first substantial steps towards the passions that have been resonating within me since I was a sagacious eight year old, curiously flipping through 1980’s zoology textbooks. My great love for animals, combined with my desire to learn from experience,...
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Bye New Orleans
Xian Porter
2018-08-26
I’m happy I got to spend my last night in New Orleans with my best friend at a Lil Wayne concert. HELLO Ecuador!
Read MoreEncounters: Books Inc.
Khalil Laltoo
2018-08-26
Almost a year ago, I was standing on line at Books Inc. on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, when I witnessed a fascinating interaction unfold in front of me. A woman had just bought an Indian cookbook and was about to leave the register, when the elderly man in front of me in line said to her...
Read MoreSomething different
Jemina Auge
2018-08-26
Ahead of me, my best friend shuffled along her Bed Bath & Beyond shopping cart, piling it high with all of the notebooks and plush rugs and closet organizers necessary for her college move-in day. And sure enough, whenever I stole a glance around, similar carts containing similar products could be found in every aisle,...
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First Blog Post
Bailey Stuber
2018-08-26
Very excited for my flight to San Francisco for Global Launch! (Drew up my flight.)
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