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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Mon Voyage
Julia Highsmith
2013-07-14
When the summer of 5th grade came around I was beyond excited, nervous, and ready to see what it would have in store. My church takes one group of middle schoolers and two groups of high schoolers on mission trips. Middle schoolers go in early July and high schoolers go in late July. Now I...
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The Beginning
Ilana Marder-Eppstein
2013-07-13
Hello everyone and welcome to my blog! My name is Ilana Marder-Eppstein, and I will be spending the next school year in Ecuador through the program Global Citizen Year. I grew up in Evanston, a town right outside of Chicago. Like most children, when I was young I spent my days finding new places to venture and play...
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Free to Fall
Lillian Wells
2013-07-12
The first time I got into any kind of “real” trouble was in my third grade class. Perhaps it was the sun shining through the windows or the fact that she was teaching times tables that I had already memorized, but either way, my restless nine-year-old self deemed the classroom too confining, the lesson irritatingly effortless, and...
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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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¡Bienvenidos!
Madeline Lisaius
2013-07-10
Welcome friends, supporters, countrymen. Well, maybe not countrymen. More like “web-surfer.” Anyways, welcome to the chronicle of my adventure with Global Citizen Year. I will begin by introducing the first chapter of this tale: My Identity and my Desire for a Happy, Productive Life. Slow down! You might be thinking, you haven’t retired to the top of...
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To New Beginnings
Allie McKinney
2013-07-10
About this time a year ago I was starting the college search process. I knew exactly what I wanted to major in, that I wanted to attend a medium-to-small school, I wanted to stay in the South, and, call me vain, I had to live on a nice campus. And even though I found a...
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My Road to Senegal
Samuel Normington
2013-07-10
Every life begins with a birth, and ends with a death. Everyone will get to the end eventually, but the exciting part happens along the way. There are an unbelievable number of roads to take, and yet everyone forges a new path; they define their life and they decide how to get to the end....
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A New Beginning
Mouna Algahaithi
2013-07-09
My heart was racing. It was 3: 55 pm on June 5th and no matter how many times I refreshed my inbox, there was no news from Global Citizen Year. “Maybe it’s time to accept that I wasn’t accepted,” I thought to myself, 20 seconds before the phone rang with a message that would indeed...
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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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