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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Live From The Field
Ethan Gomes
2018-11-04
Gringo Power Ladies and gentleman I am here to tell you about gringo power. It sounds dumb and made up yes but let me tell you that this shit is real sis. I came to Brazil nervous as hell like how am I going to make friends in a language I don’t know but I...
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Sophie Auvin
2018-10-29
At first, I was at a loss for what to write about for this month’s blog. So many things had happened, yet there was always one idea I came back to. This idea, however, was riddled with challenges that accompany writing about issues from the perspective of an outsider in a country I call home...
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Mi primer mes en Brasil. My first month in Brazil
Mauro Ramirez-Azofeifa
2018-10-27
El 2 de Septiembre llegué a Brasil. Después de un largo viaje de más de 30 horas desde la Universidad de Stanford. En mi primer semana estuve recibiendo capacitación en el sur de la Isla de Florianópolis. Desde el primer momento me sentí como en casa cuando comí arroz, frijoles, frutas, ensalada y carnes. El...
Read MoreA House Divided, Two Nations at Stake
David Jiang
2018-10-26
A House Divided, Two Nations at Stake In a flash, two months of my bridge-year odyssey has passed. This period will forever be remembered as a significant milestone, a time when I succeeded in the enormous task of settling myself into this new life abroad. Being an American living in Brazil, an individual invested in...
Read MoreA Reflection on Fear
Rebecca Rose
2018-10-26
Disclaimer: I fully understand and respect each individual’s right to interpret political landscapes as they will. The following is not the right answer. It’s simply my simplified understanding of extraordinarily complex political dynamics. Brazil, as with much of South America and elsewhere, has repeatedly struggled with corrupt politicians in the government. In 2003, PT (Partido...
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I need a new watch
Laura Harvey
2018-10-25
Time is different in Brazil. There are many reasons why – I went from British summer time with the sun setting at 11pm, to it setting here at 6:30pm. We eat lunch anywhere between 1pm and 4pm, and tea just before going to bed. The busses can come up to 20 minutes before or after...
Read MoreA contrast in self-initiated businesses in Brazil and Pakistan.
Maryam Baloch
2018-10-21
A contrast in self-initiated businesses in Brazil and Pakistan. I not only took handful but also asked my host aunt to pack some freshly baked cookies for me to bring home. The cookie dough is really easy to make but also needs to have the right amount of flour, milk and sugar for an admirable...
Read MoreInside the Enclosure
David Jiang
2018-10-18
Inside the Enclosure “David, let’s go to the zoo.” These were six words that once foreshadowed afternoons of pure joy during my childhood: a time when I excitedly zipped around from cage to cage, an adventurer in search of exotic beasts. Animals were my childhood passion, my first love. National Geographic magazines and Planet Earth...
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Samuel De Sousa
2018-10-18
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Luke Field
2018-10-18
Welcome to my Global Citizen Year blog! Subscribe and follow along on on my adventures during my gap year abroad.
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Ethan Rose
2018-10-18
Welcome to my Global Citizen Year blog! Subscribe and follow along on on my adventures during my gap year abroad.
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Luis Juarez
2018-10-18
Welcome to my Global Citizen Year blog! Subscribe and follow along on on my adventures during my gap year abroad.
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