Archives: Fellow Updates

Ready to go, once more.

Sofia Dragoti

2019-08-28

Μέσω Many people around me question my desitions strongly. “Why did you leave Greece for two years to go to Armenia? Why are you not going to college straight away?” And this discussion continues with many telling me “Sofia, you are 19 years old, it is already late”. “Is not !” I am answering, and...

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Day 1: First Day at Stanford

Aya Cortez

2019-08-28

To give you guys an idea of what I am doing right now, I am at my desk in my dorm room typing this journal out. No one showed up in my room, so I think I don’t have a roommate. Not having a roommate isn’t actually that bad. As I am an introvert when...

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Saying Goodbye

Amelia Joss

2019-08-27

I tried to write this blog over and over again in the last few weeks I was at home, but I could never quite get it right. I think this whole thing felt too surreal. I couldn’t even begin to process the idea of leaving home. I kept getting stuck on this idea: I am...

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Blog

Hadley Duquette

2019-08-27

My journal entry from day one at Global Launch!! I realized during the second day that this was not the most true journal entry. The first day was hard, really hard. I wanted to be very positive for my first journal, but I realized that it shouldn't be, it should just be authentic. Over these...

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Ke Kubugile

Sinead Nardi-White

2019-08-26

For as long as I can remember, reminders of my mom’s time in Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer have been present in my life- our house is decorated with art, furniture, and musical instruments from Botswana, she has come to do cultural presentations at my school, and her Peace Corps friends are like aunts...

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My Water

'Los

2019-08-25

As David Foster Wallace explained, a fish does not know it is in water. In fact, he might even ask what water is, if you told him he was in it. Yes, we have all these things around us, but we often do not recognize it or how impactful it is.  As I am nearing...

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Let’s Do This

Olivia Fiscal

2019-08-25

I'm about to board a plane and leave my home. Is it terrifying? Yes very but I know I'm ready for this, you might have not been able to tell because I was crying the whole way through the airport, but I swear Im so excited. Ok cool so I'm doing this. I think its...

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