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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March till Now. (capstone reflection)
Shukura Babirye
2018-06-07
Late March- Early April Did the one thing I told myself I wouldn’t do, and that was to fall in love with my host community and people who have helped me so much over this journey. From my host mum and sisters, to the students from my colegio, all the way to missing the...
Read MoreFinal Reflections
Marli Anglim
2018-06-07
Since returning to the States from Ecuador, countless people have been curious about what my life has been for the past eight months. In the first few weeks of returning, everything that I had grown up with, and had always felt like home, were suddenly completely foreign to me. My body was in Berkeley,...
Read MoreThe Capstone Project Blog
Gijs Smid
2018-06-07
Hey there! It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog and now I’m writing my last one back home in the Netherlands. It’s has been quite the experience the past seven months and that’s why Global Citizen Year asks each of us to do a final project ‘the Capstone Project’ and a reflection blog....
Read MoreA Place Like Home
Rene Ramos
2018-06-07
Though I finally made it back home I returned to something I still, after 2 months, cannot grow accustomed to. Reverse Culture shock hits you in a completely different way than any Culture Shock you might experience. It takes what was previously your everyday life, your home, your sentiments and throws it all under the...
Read MoreEcuador was Pink
Phuong Nguyen
2018-06-07
Pink is the color of love. Past loves and new loves, soft love and hard loves. All of which I experienced in these 8 months. Side note/interesting fact: My mom calls these flowers Hoa Giấy or “paper flowers.” These flowers are abundant on the coast of Ecuador, and reminded me of my home country and of my...
Read MoreSome Do’s and Don’t’s for Future Fellows
Regina Markert
2018-06-07
Dear Class of 2019, Boy, are you in for it. You don't even know. This year is going to be wild–be prepared for your host country to surprise, excite, anger, shock, and change you. But before you go on this journey, here’s a little list of do’s and don’t’s that I wish someone had told...
Read MoreCapstone Reflection Blog
JuliaGrace Walker
2018-06-06
Dear Readers, Family, and Friends, Thank you for welcoming me back with open arms. Thank you for asking about my year and for listening to me excitedly explain my adventures in 30 seconds or for some of you as long as 4 hours. Thank you to the two schools, TMI Episcopal and San Antonio Academy,...
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What Do We Do With This? (The Last Blog!)
Joseph Hansen
2018-06-06
This is the last time I will write on this blog, and the reflection I have posted here is not as organized and well thought out as many of the other blogs I have written. However I think this blog will give you a better idea of where I stand, how I am...
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Fotoooooooos
Hamid Ahmed Abulrhman
2018-06-06
Describing a smile, or a view can be hard, especial if you try to give the reader the same exact view and feeling that you saw and had. But thanks to technology we can take Photos and share them. So enjoy my whole year random moments. 🙂
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Shauni Lustig
2018-06-06
The capstone project to me was a way for me to show people what I had experienced in Ecuador for the past year. It was a way for me to not only tell them how amazing the experience was but a way for me to show them videos from when the experiences were actually happening....
Read MoreTLTD Vlogs: Day 26
Marissa Emerson
2018-06-06
The Last 30 Days (Day 26): April 1, 2018Please DONATE to my Global Citizen Year fundraising page here: https://donate.globalcitizenyear.org/fundraiser/978608 Today I got locked in the house again (classic), went to an Easter Luncheon with Alex’s host family, and almost got attacked by a dog. Memory of the Day: Running to catch the bus with Elizabeth...
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Hamid Ahmed Abulrhman
2018-06-06
From Wednesday , March 7. 2018 Long time no see, let me catch up with what happened in the previous weeks. On new year's eve I was with the family and the extended family, had an amazing time especially because we had our own fireworks. During the night with my cousins we went to...
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