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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Dear Future Self
Marcos Garcia
2018-08-26
Dear a different person, You’re about to embark on the wildest journey that you will probably ever experience in your lifetime; it’s a decision you made on a whim, but for some reason those are the ones that work out best for you. You took the take the road less paved saying maybe a...
Read MoreSome Notes on Leaving to Return
Ariella Brodie-Weisberg
2018-08-25
To my friends and family, In thinking about leaving for Brazil, I have thought a lot about running away. Running away from Oakland, from the tough persona I developed in high school. Running from parts of my life that I didn’t know how to process or sit in. I thought I didn’t know how...
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Follow the White Chacos
Sundhya Alter
2018-08-25
This blog post is coming to you from Gate number 5 at the Minneapolis international airport. Initially I was thinking about writing my first blog post from home as sort of a goodbye to a place I wouldn’t come back to until April and all the things I would miss. But I decided against it...
Read MoreBut I Will
Anna Denniston
2018-08-25
I went to get my duffel out of my mom’s trunk this morning and found a box of halloween lights, and a unopened bottle of fall-colored sprinkles in there too. These will no doubt be used on the sugar cookies we make at my sister’s annual halloween party. There will also be pigs in...
Read MoreLife is a Highway — It’s Okay to Pull Over
Peter Dull
2018-08-25
Throughout my life, I sat in the passenger seat of a vehicle operated by the expectations of society. In order to reach your destination safely and with guaranteed results, you behave like what you were instructed to and expedite your college degree by skipping out what the world offers around you. As a victim...
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Mi Aventura En Ecuador
Maddy Gibson
2018-08-24
¡Hola, y gracias por acompañarme en mi aventura! As some of you may know, spending a year in Ecuador before heading to college has not always been my plan. In fact, it was a fairly last minute change-of-plans. Let’s start at the beginning. My whole life, my parents have done a...
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Why I Decided to Take a Gap Year (and How I Ended up Going to Ecuador!)
Jeffrey Fishman
2018-08-23
For my entire high school career, I tried to be perfect. I strived for perfection in my grades and in my extracurricular activities, and I felt as if any little mistake could ruin my chances of getting into college. I think that I put a lot of this pressure on myself because I wanted to...
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Why I Am Taking A Gap Year!
Leonie Tollefson
2018-08-20
As I stressfully prepare to leave my home next week for 8 months in India, I’ve begun to reflect on what exactly prompted me to take a gap year. It’s an idea I’ve been tossing around for years, but never fully committed to until my senior year. I thought for my first blog post...
Read MoreChapter 1: Entering the Open Door
Xandra Coleman
2018-08-20
Right now, there is a stupendous pile of objects strewn across my sister’s old room. In fact, ever since Aniqua officially moved out, the room has been slowly assimilated into a preparatory launch pad. A confined world of 40% deet, malaria pills, dollar store band-aids, and loose fitting pants. It is a world I can...
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