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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Moving Forward
Maddi Schink
2019-05-23
April 13, 2019 I returned to Colorado. For months, I had harbored this idea of returning “home.” It was glamorized in my head, a moment when I imagined once again being enveloped with instantaneous comfort. No more language struggles, no more stares, no more standing out in a crowd. Toward the end of my time in Ecuador, I thought I was more than ready to say my...
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The Venezuela in my Ecuador
Holly Shankin
2019-05-22
I would like to take a second and acknowledge how immigration has affected my experience in Ecuador. The crisis in Venezuela has forced roughly 3,000 Venezuelans to flee their country every day, and a lot of people were making their way through, or to Ecuador. Living in Ibarra, which the panamericana (main highway going border...
Read MoreA photo collection of my year
Brinley Barton
2019-05-22
To highlight some of the things that words can’t explain. A collection of my chosen photos from the year. photos.app.goo.gl/z98ka5wnwth4xXqLA
Read MoreFarewell letter
Brinley Barton
2019-05-22
Ecuador, Antes conocíamos al otro, yo era una chica diferente. Una chica que quería saber más pero no sabía cómo. Una chica que no sabía la belleza de otras culturas y que pueden enseñarme. Como una niña no sabía quién eras ni que nos cruzaríamos. Soy estadounidense. Tengo una familia de clase media, una madre...
Read MoreAshata Kashkaman
Selena Harris
2019-05-21
Ashata Kashkaman, I will see you soon. Beyond oceans, hermanita, you will stay with me Your mother that held me deeply se vive en mi mundo. She reminds me, my sister, that the mind is maleable, todo se cambia You will stay with me, mi familia, for all you have taught me, I will teach...
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The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful
Maddy Gibson
2019-05-21
*My experience has been complex, unique, and in no way a full representation of Ecuador, South America, or Latino culture as a whole.<3 “How was it?” “What is Ecuador like?” “Are you glad you went?” “Was it fun?” The answer I will most likely give will be something along the lines of: “It was incredible!”...
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