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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Why I’m a child and not a bride
Armi Katariina Kauppila
2016-03-19
Integration, honestly. It’s a mix of celebration for the little wins and the feeling that this whole thing is a one big lie. A lie because for six desperate months I’ve been trying to become a part of something I cannot possible be a part of. The family, the village, the culture, anything. But suddenly,...
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Home Stretch
Maria Nazarova
2016-03-17
As I move into my last month in Brazil, I struggle. I struggle when people ask me if I am excited to go home because this has become my home. I have routines here, I have friends here, I have a family that takes care of me. I guess I’ve just become accustomed to living...
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Live From The Field
Mandula Bashu van den Berg
2016-03-16
Because sometimes there is no lesson. No takeaway. Sometimes things are just fun.
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Anna Del Savio
2016-03-16
“A picture says a thousand words” I’ve never understood that. I love taking photos, looking through photos, trying to pick out stories from photos – but they will always have some shortcomings that words don’t have. Coming into my last month in my community, I have occasionally felt stressed about all the photos I haven’t...
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Dear current and future high school students
Brooke Donner
2016-03-15
Dear current and future high school students, There will come a time, for most of you, when you apply to college. You’ll flip through the Fiske Guide, Google photos of campuses, and join Facebook groups full of other applicants just like you. You’ll make a list with three sections— reach, match, and safety— and a...
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Brittany Abelein
2016-03-14
Are you alive? Are you really living? Yes, I know you have a pulse- but are you ALIVE?! What is the meaning of your life, or anything before this, has it mattered? I’m suddenly brought back to reality as I splash cold water on my face, getting ready for another day to begin. I can’t...
Read MoreBlurred Lines
Brittany Abelein
2016-03-14
I feel pain poking at me from different points in my stomach, sweat rapidly beading down my forehead and collecting on my upper lip. So, this is India. I am overwhelmed by the suffocating air, traffic, and stares from people as I walk through the market for the first time. After only two hours of being...
Read MoreMeet the Family Video
Janet Sebastian-Coleman
2016-03-08
March 7th: As I begin my final month of my homestay in Ibel, Senegal here’s a look at the people, my family, that have made this year all it is. Meet the Family from Janet Sebastian-Coleman on Vimeo.
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FEELS #4 – LOVE
Austin Nguyen
2016-03-07
I used to feel really weird when other fellows told me they loved me. I think I was being sorta picky with my definition of “love” – it was like, “you’ve only known me like, 4 months man, do you really even know me enough to ‘love’ me” kinda stuff. It was also, I think,...
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