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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Cap Stone Reflection
Mae Reilly
2018-06-07
For my capstone project I decided to do a video compilation of my community and all the people I met. While making it and watching it before I posted it filled me with an overwhelming sense of gratitude and sadness. Seeing all the wonderful people I had the opportunity to meet and all the amazing experiences...
Read MoreLove and Peace, Elise – Capstone
Elise Steenburgh
2018-06-07
I started my Personal Blog specifically to document my adventure in Brazil. However, throughout the year, I had not published many blogs. Instead, I wrote drafts and let them pile up, unfinished. Some part of me always felt that my experience was not worth sharing, that the 8 months of my life so important to...
Read MoreCapstone Video (last blog post)
Dominique Landinez
2018-06-07
Eu fiz um vídeo pequeno com aqueles clipinhos que eu tirei do Brazil. Eu não tinha minha cellular e máquina fotográfica pra muito de meu tempo lá mas eu consegui incluir bastante ainda. Gente chegando da floripa, aprendendo de cozinhar, minha família nova, as tartaruguinhas, e a capoeira são elementos vitais de minha experiência e...
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Sunny Day In Brazil
Chloe Cobb
2018-06-07
Today the sun is beaming down on my melanin skin It’s giving me a glow that’s making me look even better than the star above I feel powerful as the glow caresses my skin I feel the woman embodiment of my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother This feeling within me goes on for centuries History of...
Read MoreBrazilian Rain
Chloe Cobb
2018-06-07
The rain is pouring, my mind is storming, about all the possibilities my mind is exploring As I lay and listen to the rain I hear it’s beautiful rhythm calling my name I know that its out there waiting for me Will I go out and let it fall upon my skin? Or will I...
Read MoreCapstone Reflection
Filip Carnogursky
2018-06-07
Just before I came to Brazil, I bought a new camera, for which I worked two weeks. This price made me extremely dedicated to using it. And bet, I did! After sorting out all my pictures and videos, there was about 4000 left of them. During my time in Brazil, I didn’t have the...
Read MoreNew Year different Country
Chloe Cobb
2018-06-07
2018 Finally here! To celebrate the new year I wore white not even knowing that's a Brazilian tradition. I guess I'm Brazilian at heart. I wore white with accents of light blue and green. Wearing white for the new year symbolizes the attraction of peace and happiness you'll have for the year, while green means...
Read MoreCapstone Reflection
Sophie von Muench
2018-06-07
During Re-entry training, we talked a lot about telling our story. We discussed how people might not know what questions to ask, or might just want a short, generic answer without really understanding, or how people might not be interested at all. So what struck me most while doing my Capstone was how interested...
Read MoreA Time Capsule of Journal Entries
Sophie von Muench
2018-06-07
This was the first journal entry I wrote upon arriving in Brazil; my first time sitting on a Brazilian beach, my first attempts to ground myself in the place and actually understand that after endless orientation we’d actually made it to country! September: I am sitting on the beach, underneath an almost full moon (it’s...
Read MoreBrazilian Associations
Sophie von Muench
2018-06-07
I left for Brazil 8 months ago without any clear idea of what to expect. Of course I had hidden expectations going in, but now that I have lived there for an extended time, it has become weirdly difficult to put myself back into my head space of the end of August to remember what...
Read MoreA Timeline of Vocabulary
Sophie von Muench
2018-06-07
Some vocabulary essential to getting through the first couple months in Brazil: Esperar! — This means to wait, and I used it ALL THE TIME with my host sister. Ficar Presa/o — This means to be stuck. This could apply to a child in the mango tree or me as I sit on the ground...
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