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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A Window
Noa Bridson
2017-01-18
At Pearson College I took this course in philosophy in which we studied free will for a month. To be honest, reading the works of Holbach and Sarte and positing if the caged bird was free or not, really was of little interest to me. Little did I know however, that the events that would proceed in...
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Learning to Learn
Noemi Liebe
2017-01-18
There is this misbelief about people who take a “gap”-year that I´ve repeatedly come across, and that for some time, I bought into myself. “So I guess you just needed a break?” “That makes sense, some people need a bit of time to figure out what they want to do with their life before going...
Read MoreA Little Peek
Isabel Najjar
2017-01-18
Hey friends! Here’s a little peek into what I’ve been up to lately. Before I arrived, it was so hard to imagine what life would look like here, and I imagine a lot of you back home feel the same way. Hopefully these pictures and my notes can help to shed a little light. ...
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Ain’t I a woman?
Jabari Gambrel
2017-01-17
An examination of womanhood in transition What does this picture say to you? Laden with piercings, covered in brass, with skin like midnight leather, she sat before me. She being a Bedik woman of considerable age appeared to me as an image. From her high cheek bones, to the beads that clung with all abundance...
Read MoreTHE WORLD IS YOUR PLAYGROUND: THINGS TO LEARN FROM CHILDREN
Hanna Karnei
2017-01-12
I spend a good deal of my time in-country with children and I learned a ton about them. For the past three months, we have been spending 20 hours a week together in kindergarten. I came there thinking that I’ll be teaching English. But honestly, I ended up doing all sorts of other things...
Read MoreI’m Not Your Filha
Julia Shankin
2016-12-26
I have never lived with children, both of my sisters are within two years of my age, and apart from occasional babysitting I have never spent much time with anyone more than five or six years younger than me. When I saw that the paper with the profile of my host family included a three...
Read MoreA Step by Step Guide to Crossing the Street
Isaiah Lewis
2016-12-26
In America, 1. Walk to end of sidewalk 2. Wait calmly for pedestrian light to turn green 3. Look both ways 4. Cross street In India 1. Walk to end of sidewalk 2. Take a deep breath 3. Take a moment to repent for your sins 4. Text your mother you love her 5. Walk...
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Andres Medina
2016-12-23
This bridge year has been a roller coaster so far. Nothing could have possibly prepared me for what has happened. I have learned so much and have seen so much that it's hard to know what to think, much less put it into writing. Absolutely everything is different from what I was used to in...
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Abi Bethke
2016-12-21
In the beginning, hearing “Profe Abi,” “Profesorita,” or “Senorita Abi” made me a little uncomfortable. I had no idea what kind of apprenticeship I initially wanted when I joined Global Citizen Year. There were really no expectations. I knew teaching English was of course a possibility, encompassing the majority of apprenticeships, but during the interview...
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