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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Straying Off the Common Path
ericagonzales08
2015-08-27
When I meet new people and when they learn that I am a recent high school graduate, they always ask me, “Where are you going to college?” My answer is always, “Oh, I don’t know yet. But I am taking a bridge year in Brazil.” And their response is usually either “Oh, that’s so cool!”...
Read MoreOne Last Time
Pooja Thekdi
2015-07-17
Look up And you’ll see many things Clouds Birds Mountains And maybe even A Hot Air Balloon Drifting through the sky On a summer afternoon So close that You can see the colors and the zig zag stripes Maybe even a little person In the little basket Way up there In the sky But if...
Read MoreDumb Luck
Pooja Thekdi
2015-07-17
It’s dumb luck, growing up in a first world country, with educated parents, the opportunity to go to school, let alone college. Yes, itåÊtakes determination, talent, and good ol’ hard work to achieve success. But there’s no doubt thatåÊat the end of the day, many of us take for granted that the largeståÊproblem we are...
Read MoreEu Agradeco
Na'ilah Harris
2015-06-15
Brasil… Obrigada por seu tempo sua terra sua ÌÁgua sua beleza seu povo e sua cultura Obrigada por samba capoeira pagode forro axe e tambÌ©m o funk Obrigada por arroz e feijÌ£o a̤aÌ_ pastel acaraje maracuja e pinhao Obrigada por Curitiba Floripa SÌ£o Paulo Salvador e Rio Obrigada por falando comigo lidando comigo me escutando,...
Read MoreMornings
Pooja Thekdi
2015-06-08
Mornings are beautiful. I’m not a morning person but I can admit there’s something about the lighting in the morning that gives you this kind of feeling that you really don’t get at any other point in life. I mean, those few moments in bed are always a struggle. I imagine what I’m going to...
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Pooja Thekdi
2015-06-08
Mornings are beautiful. I’m not a morning person but I can admit there’s something about the lighting in the morning that gives you this kind of feeling that you really don’t get at any other point in life. I mean, those few moments in bed are always a struggle. I imagine what I’m going to...
Read MoreEXPERIENCE
Isaac King
2015-06-08
I believe it’s the perfect time for me to give my readers a look into my Brazilian experience. This culture is something similar to abstract art from different view points the object changes. When first arriving to Brazil, I thought I would be able to place a label over Brazil that fit it to a...
Read MoreMy Two Families
Jaxom Moore
2015-06-08
I have two families. I have 2 brothers, a sister, 2 mothers, 2 fathers and a whole bunch of aunts, uncles and cousins. The greatest things about these families is that there’s so much in common. Between cachaca and beer, both my dads make some form of alcohol. EVERYONE has a love of beer. Sports,...
Read MoreMeu querido Brasil
Azul Diaz
2015-06-03
Meu Brasil querido, Em pouco tempo eu vou ter que te deixar, eu vou ter que continuar com o meu comino longe d’aqui mas, meu Brasil, eu quero te dizer que foi tÌ£o bom te encontrar nessa vida. Foi o destino mesmo que me tro̤o perto de vocÌ». Eu prometo que vou te guardar dentro...
Read MoreMy favorite corner of Earth
Pooja Thekdi
2015-05-29
It’s funny because when I got there, September 24th, I didn’t think I would like it. Actually I was sure that I was going to hate it. I was resistant to any type of change in the idealistic picture that I had laid out in my mind for theyear. It’s been 9 months since that...
Read MoreMy favorite corner of Earth
Pooja Thekdi
2015-05-29
It’s funny because when I got there, September 24th, I didn’t think I would like it. Actually I was sure that I was going to hate it. I was resistant to any type of change in the idealistic picture that I had laid out in my mind for theåÊyear. It’s been 9 months since that...
Read MoreLeaving…
Paulina Jedrzejowski
2015-05-11
“Bom dia. Tudo bem? Como voce esta?” has become so embedded into my vocabulary that returning to the English, “Good morning. How are you?” will be very difficult. As I speak to my mom on SKYPE I sometimes say Portuguese words not knowing that I have spoken in Portuguese unless my mom makes a confused...
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