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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To The Moon
Emily Collins
2013-02-26
In the 1950’s, a radio show came out to inspire Americans in a time of uncertainty. “This I Believe” has currently been reawakened, and even brought into the form of a book. People from all across the United States can write about all forms of love they have possessed in their lives. I was smart...
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Speak up: We are beautiful and should know it
Chinyere Aniagoh
2013-02-26
I just wanted to share with you something I’ve been fighting against all my teen life and considerable more since I have gotten to Ecuador, and I honestly don’t believe there is a person in the world who hasn’t suffered from this problem at one point in time. This fight is against low esteem and body image. First I would...
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All That Is Soulful and Soothing
Devani Santos
2013-02-26
1:37 am. Just got done watching, or more like performing, High School Musical in Portuguese with my little sister, and now I’m listening to “By Your Side” by Sade. It just hit me. I’m living the good life. I was just thinking of how blessed I’ve been to have had incredible opportunities repeatedly thrown at...
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Global Citizenship and Global Citizens
Sammy Gachagua
2013-02-26
When I was a junior in high school, we had to write a ten page paper on a topic of our choice. I chose global citizenship and defined a global citizen as that person who travels the world, speaks many languages, and has visited dozens of countries. I therefore included myself in the category, as...
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The Meaning of Being Trilingual
Alan De Leon
2013-02-26
In the beginning of my elementary schooling, the only language I knew how to speak was Spanish. As a Mexican-American, it is my native tongue; English is my second language. I started reading books in English when I was in Kindergarten, even though I didn’t know what the words meant. So I guess that means that I was not...
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The Power of Language
Jojo Guerrero
2013-02-26
Where would we be without language? I remember sitting in Theory of Knowledge during my senior year of high school and discussing this question. After having a lively discussion we came to a conclusion. If language did not exist, life as we know it would not exist. The capability to give something a name or make words to formulate...
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Hot Soup with a Face
Tasha Torres
2013-02-26
The love of food is shared by everyone all around the world. The choice of food though, depends on location. You can find people that eat horse, dolphin, spiders, pigs, cows, goats etc. You might even find a dog lover or two. People have their preferences, I know I have mine. Before I came to...
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The Age Line
Ely Kadish
2013-02-26
Age is a funny thing; it is a concept that seems to have us wrapped around its finger. We are always worrying about how our age changes us, not how we change our age. I have always seen age stages that are split but the invisible, yet decisive, Age Line. The first stage is childhood:...
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Measuring Success
Avery Ashwill
2013-02-26
I came to Brazil with a yard stick. Physically, no, that would be absurd, but mentally, yes. I had this idea that I would use this yard stick to measure my success. There were three elements that I decided should count for one foot of my yard stick: apprenticeship, host family, and personal growth. So...
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