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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No More Kitten Filled Dreams
Zoe Rose Clarke
2013-07-19
I like to dream. Not necessarily realistic dreams, but happy cushy ones where I am sitting on a couch in a dim flat in West Sussex with a few small grey kittens decorated with blue bows around their necks and drinking tea while speaking with Beatrix Potter as the rain pitters softly on the morning glories creeping up the...
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um ano
Kristen Lee
2013-07-19
My name is Kristen Lee. I am seventeen years old and a recent graduate of Carrboro High School. I was born and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Two years ago, I began considering the option of taking a year off before college, a gap or bridge year. But more than that, I began recognizing...
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A New Start
Spencer Wise Watson
2013-07-19
Hello, y’all! My name is Spencer Watson, and I live in Prairieville, Louisiana. For the past two years, I have studied at the United World College in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Living abroad was a life-changing experience for me, and it is part of the reason that I have decided to defer from Middlebury College...
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Ready for Adventure
Mitchell Ryan
2013-07-18
I guess you could say I’ve always been an adventurous person. Not adventurous in the sense that I spend my summers traveling through Europe or weekends hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but more so in the sense that I have never been one to think twice about trying out strange and colorful experiences. This...
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Our Deepest Fear
Jaelen Buxton-Punch
2013-07-17
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? …Your playing small does not serve the world....
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I Dont Know Where I Am Going but It’s Going to Be Great
Abigail Mejia
2013-07-17
He was working on what seemed to be a calendar when I asked him for five minutes of his time. He looked at me blankly, sighed and almost reluctantly said “sure.” I remember sitting in the office starring at his back as I tried to gain the guts to tell him that I had decided to defer a...
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Dream Big!
Thien Tran
2013-07-16
For a stereotypical Asian-American child, there is a path that needs to be followed: high school, college, and then medical and/or law school. The idea of a “gap year” or “bridge year” was never even spoken about in my house, let alone something that I ever thought I would consider. The path for me seemed...
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Caroline, not Carolyn
Caroline Blackburn
2013-07-12
Life, as I have learned, is full of changes. And it goes without saying that my life is – and will continue to be – full of worldly adjustments to cater to those changes. As anybody who has lived in Cheshire will tell you, it’s a very friendly small town, wonderful for raising a family,...
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Hello, Internet
Libby Parker-Simkin
2013-07-09
Hello, Internet! This morning I got up, had some coffee and toast, and was inspired to write this blog post. I’m sitting in my room with my laptop, listening to music, typing, and reflecting over how much my life is about to change. (See the photo above.) I am a curious person by nature....
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The Garden
Ava Hoffman
2013-04-23
Follow this link to watch a video that I compiled of my final community project. Thanks for watching!
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A Despedida
Joshua Reason
2013-04-23
I’m not a very sentimental person, but saying goodbye to Lençóis and all of the people I had the pleasure of spending this time with was one of the hardest parts about my experience. Coming to Brazil was the first experience I had being abroad for such a long period of time. This lack of...
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The End
Benito Aranda-Comer
2013-04-23
It’s the end of a journey here in Brasil. I will soon be spirited away to the United States and have a “I’m-not-in-Brasil-anymore” mentality. I have been thinking long and hard how best to say goodbye to not only my friends and family but to the type of life I have lived here. This video...
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