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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A day in Florianopolis
Julia Salomone
2019-02-12
7AM I wakeup (unless the goats next door wake me up earlier…) and quickly have breakfast and get dressed for work, making sure not to forget a lunch for later in the day (I forget one more often than I’d like to admit…) and rush out the door by 7:30AM to walk to apprenticeship nearby....
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Type Two Fun
Natalie Glick
2019-02-11
I think there is an odd expectation that when you take a gap year it’s all fun and games. You’re traveling, living away from home, you don’t have work; life seems a lot more open. Well I am here to tell you that this year has been far from easy. There have been really great...
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I’d Rather Speak the 1000
Danielle Katz
2019-02-09
For anyone reading this blog who knows me, you might say that I’ve always been a quite… conversational… human being. In the last learning seminar, the Brazil cohort discussed “alternative” story-telling methods, forcing us to reject our instincts and tell stories with minimal verbal input. As a person who would rather speak the 1000 words...
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Disposable Diaries Pt. 3
Hannah Dang
2019-02-09
January – February [image: 4bb3b7d0-35ed-4bcc-8163-7c08fb9386ba.jpg] [image: 5d22f1d1-0d0d-4cd2-be2f-a3d1c7c573ab.jpg] [image: 92ff1cc7-6318-44fd-9399-17fb386d2f84.jpg] [image: 94c20c11-1a69-49ae-bd72-4146d776976e.jpg] [image: da7e800a-37fe-4652-8b3d-8ddcc41e9c8c.jpg] [image: e9cc6581-b8cd-4fc0-9191-0226b1326f1a.jpg] [image: f2e0ce83-63d6-4510-8a5e-5466e03f4728.jpg] [image: fb711854-a876-4405-827b-1788ecadc8a4.jpg] [image: IMG_3405.jpg] xoxo
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Disposable Diaries Pt. 2
Hannah Dang
2019-02-09
December – January [image: 2018-12-13 18:42:01.465.jpg][image: 2018-12-01 10:51:55.544.jpg][image: 25a17365-3ce0-45c7-a5f6-ee191f8951e9.jpg] [image: 33bc9c7e-5131-464f-bdc7-4b8306587379.jpg] [image: 2018-12-01 10:52:05.328.jpg] [image: 62193241-1d7f-44af-8ff9-5a4554a44304.jpg][image: a41d5a96-237d-4b72-8b0c-8387546f35e9.jpg] xoxo
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Do you know how to fish?
Pamela Martinez
2019-01-21
[image: IMG_7563.JPG][image: IMG_7527.JPG] January 21st I often used to go to the beach in Venezuela but I never went fishing. My Brazilian family is native from Garopaba and they still crave to maintain their traditions of fishing fish and crabs at the Lagoa near to our house. These photographic series narrate the visuals of my...
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Fwd: Elecciones en Brasil Elections in Brazil
Mauro Ramirez-Azofeifa
2019-01-16
———- Forwarded message ——— From: Mauro Ramirez Subject: Elecciones en Brasil Elections in Brazil To: Durante el mes de Octubre aprendí mucho sobre la situación política. Brasil es un país hermoso, rico en cultura y tradiciones. Un país muy grande y extenso donde cada estado tiene diferentes necesidades. Durante el proceso de las elecciones converse...
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Minha familia
Pamela Martinez
2019-01-12
Since I moved haven’t taken the actual time to reflect about the family I am living with and there is a non-excusable reason but a pretty good one: I have been enjoying spending time with them. Since October, wow. November, December, January. We are now in January. I want to present you the characters that...
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Saturday, December 29th: A Midnight Swim
Sophie Auvin
2019-01-02
I turn around slightly and shouted “Vamos?” into the night only to see two figures charging ahead into the waves. I pick my feet up and run towards the murky waters mentally preparing myself for the shock of ice cold water. My feet fumbling over the pocketed sand, I rush into the ocean and was...
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Turning 18 in Brazil
Jahzaria Olivierre
2018-12-30
Every year on my birthday I would cut a cake with my family and best friends, you can sort of say it’s like a tradition in my household. However, within a stir of event’s this year was totally different. I would have never guessed I would be turning 18 in Brazil, but all of...
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Grappling with Gravity: Capoeira
Rebecca Rose
2018-12-25
Capoeira is art in motion. It’s dance, it’s gymnastics, it’s martial arts. When performed well, it’s two bodies moving as one in harmony. It starts with the premise of constant motion. A simple back and forth step called ginga is the foundation of everything else; stop moving, and you get got. From this base it...
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