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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Natalia Fischl-Lanzoni
2017-08-24
My name is Natalia Fischl-Lanzoni, and I am 2 days away from embarking on my Global Citizen Year, which I will be spending in Ecuador! It's crazy to think that in just a few days, I will be leaving my home for 9 months and living in a place I've never been before, with people...
Read More‘Till I See You Again
McKenna Daily
2017-08-24
Hello all! As I embark on the biggest, most beautifully unpredictable journey of my life, I’m thinking too about what it means to leave the place I’ve always known. In light of those mixed feelings, I’m excited to share with you the first song of many, ‘Till I See You Again. Over these next eight...
Read More8/23/17: How I Got Here
Phuong Nguyen
2017-08-23
Yup. That’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got there. So for the purposes of this initial blog, let’s start in the beginning. The beginning of senior year that is. It was October, I had just received my rejection from Quest Bridge as a Finalist (which was, at least then, life ending). So the plan...
Read MoreThank you and goodbye
Caroline Smith
2017-08-23
It’s a comfort, but not a surprise, that Rosetta Stone has drilled the words “obrigada” and “tchau” into my brain. A culture’s language has a way of revealing what that culture values, and in the face of so much change, it is comforting to know that gratefulness and a fond farewell are as important in...
Read MoreBring it on
Danny DeBare
2017-08-21
Goodbyes are hard. Goodbye to my friends who have grown up with me for the past eighteen years. Goodbye to my family; the semi-regular family dinners and overly-competitive boardgames we all fight to win. Goodbye to my comfortable lifestyle and a routine I’ve grown to know all too well. As my days at home dwindle,...
Read MoreJe veux que les baobabs m’embrassent… I want the baobabs to kiss me?!?!
Ebunoluwa Akinbode
2017-08-17
Welp, six years of middle and high school French probably didn’t prepare me for this. In an effort to be mystical and romantic I tried to tell a friend in French that while in Senegal I hope to be embraced by the baobabs- as a metaphor for being welcomed into the community- but instead only...
Read MoreEmbracing the Unexpected
Katie Dodge
2017-08-15
A year ago I had my life figured out. Well, not my life, but certainly the next five years. The summer before my senior year of high school, I spent a lot of time thinking about the future, mentally planning what would happen after I received my diploma: I would go to some Ivy League...
Read MoreTop Ten List
Zoe Ward
2017-08-15
Hello friends, I have no idea how to blog or what my blog will look like, however, I am certain that by the end of my trip it will look much different from now. That being said, I'm looking forward to sharing my adventures in Brazil with you through blogging. As the days grow closer...
Read MoreBrimming With Excitement!
Gemma Kelton
2017-08-15
Namaste! Welcome to my blog. I hope you enjoy your stay here. I am so excited and honored to have been selected for the Global Citizen Year program to India. GCY is kind of a “Peace Corps” for high school graduates. GCY’s India program partners with Teach for India (TFI) (a sister organization to Teach...
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