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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The End of an Era: My Pre-Departure Feelings.
John Spence
2014-08-18
Things are terrifying right now. Not because by the end of the month I’ll be in a foreign country to stay for eight months. Not even because of all the dramatically different potentially more formidable challenges I’ll face over the next year. No, things are terrifying not because of the new things ahead but the...
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Why I Chose Ecuador and Global Citizen Year.
Noah Applebaum
2014-08-16
I’ve always had a yearning to learn the Spanish language. Something about it drew me to it. My mother’s side of the family is from Spain. When they came to America, they weren’t too keen on the fact that they were “different.” They stopped sending tortillas with my mother to school, and refused to speak...
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On Writing
Charlotte Reider-Smith
2014-08-16
Dear Readers, I want to write to you now – whoever you are. Maybe you read my last blog post. It’s 1:35am right now and I’m writing because I am feeling inspired to write and because I want to address my previous blog post. I don’t think that blog post is real. It’s not me....
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Working for Maybe
Alice Brower
2014-08-16
When I tell people I’m not yet going to college – that instead I’ll be living in Senegal for a year – the response is quick and strong. Sometimes I get fearful shrieks and confused narrowed eyes. Not everyone, of course. Some people react calmly, with wide-mouthed awe, and tell me their own nostalgic stories....
Read More The Long Bumpy Road
Christobal Urquiaga
2014-08-15
Life can be filled to the brim with hard challenges that sometimes block your way to your goals. My preparation for this program is no exception to this. With getting documents late, being kicked out of my house, dealing with personal drama, and having to come up with money for expenses in which I can not...
Read More Lessons from a River Trip
Bella Bjornstad
2014-08-14
I spent a few weeks this summer making smoothies for the Bicycle Tour of Colorado, camping out every night, moving every morning, and making smoothies all day. But I was with three other people who are river rafting enthusiasts, so at every chance, and there were many in that state, we’d pump up the four...
Read More Welcome…
Jillian Doke
2014-08-14
…to my heart. This blog is going to be an extension of all my thoughts, feelings, worries, and joys. I will be posting as much as possible once I depart for ECUADOR! It still hasn’t hit me that I will be living in another country, on another continent so soon. Only days left in the...
Read More Letter to Future Self
Rabi Ibrahim
2014-08-14
Dear future self, I hope time has been kind to you and that you are well. I am writing this as a Pre-Global Citizen Year Rabi to remind you of your thoughts and feelings before you embark on this undoubtedly life changing journey. You might need to revisit these emotions. At the moment, I am...
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Something to Note
Georgia Reid
2014-08-13
My blog begins as so: “Touch the Sky” – Julie Fowlis, Brave (Original Score) (Go listen to it.) In music there exists a raw manifestation of human emotion; it has the ability to transcend blockades of communication words are unable to breach. Music is a melodic language that allows for a fundamental understanding and connection...
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