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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Reflection
Christopher Iba
2017-06-01
After being back in the US for about 2 months I have had time to reflect on my journey and I just wanted to share a couple of my thoughts with you. I want to start off by saying that it is honestly hard to be back in Huntington Beach. The first few days were...
Read More7 Days of Gratitude: Day #3
Fernanda Savaris Nunes
2017-05-31
DAY #3: First Host Family My first host family was a gift from the universe of coincidences. Born in Cape Vert (and therefore a Portuguese speaker), my host mom was an angel who called me daughter from the first time we met. My host dad and I had very similar interests and opinions about politics,...
Read More7 Days of Gratitude: Day #2
Fernanda Savaris Nunes
2017-05-31
DAY #2: Teranga Teranga is a Senegalese word for hospitality, and yes, it is the most cliché and the most beautiful thing I can talk about that country. Anyone really going to Senegal will learn this word on their first days there, but it takes more than a couple days to understand what it really...
Read MoreThe Day After
Abi Bethke
2017-05-30
I wrote this blog post the day after I left Cañar in my notebook while we were all still in Quito. I didn’t get a chance to type it up that same day (parasites were slowly killing me), and I just imagined I would get back to it a little bit later when my stomach...
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My Year Through Dosa
Kyle Bertram
2017-05-28
Dosas were like my favorite food ever in India. In the most general sense dosa is a fermented lentil and rice crepe, but really it is so much more than that. This crepe would most often. served with warm spiced potatoes inside and coconut chutney and sambar, a spiced vegetable broth/soup, on the side. Dosas...
Read MoreComing Home, Remembering Ecuador
Lily Jorrick
2017-05-23
From time to time, Ecuador makes itself present in me, even here at home. It’s the way that I sometimes accidentally greet random people on the street, the way I almost forget to leave tips at restaurants, the way I find myself eavesdropping whenever I hear Spanish being spoken, the way I get so excited...
Read MoreA Short Video of My Time in Ecuador!
Maria Mirza
2017-05-20
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Read MoreMy Bridge Year in Ecuador…
Jadn Soper
2017-05-20
Hey guys! I made an overview compilation of my bridge year in Ecuador. Hope you like it! [vc_video link=’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4tiRVA6nfA’]
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My Sketchbook’s Bridge Year
Anne Cohen
2017-05-18
My first drawing in my first sketchbook. My seat on the airplane from SEA to SFO! A sketch from PDT. During sessions, I would switch between sketching the presenters and taking notes. This sketch turned out to be a combination of multiple speakers in one day because I ran out of time. “Made...
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