Archives: Fellow Updates

My Own Hero’s Journey

Elise Rockwell

2019-08-24

My name is Elise Rockwell, and I am moving to Ecuador for 7 months with the program Global Citizen Year.    There are plenty of things I could write about, but I am not going to write about what my future holds in the next year because you will see that for yourself (if you so...

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Departure!

Angel Bryant

2019-08-24

Dear other Fellows and supporters,   It’s official! It’s a wonder I even made it this far–but I am to board a plane to California on Sunday (flying American, please pray for me) to partake in Global Launch with GCY. This will be my first time to California and the west coast. Although I won’t...

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"A Poor Country"

Macy Lipkin

2019-08-24

Ecuador pops into my head every day. I think of the mountains, the soft skin of Alizee’s face, and how laundry day depended on the weather. My time there feels like it took place in another dimension. It happened somewhere else. Another world, another plane of existence. It happened.  When I got back to the...

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In the Present

Rebeca Espinosa

2019-08-23

When I left home for a small boarding school in the mountains of New Mexico, I didn't realize what I was doing until I was 30,000 feet in the air and in utter panic. Had I, a few weeks earlier, realized that I would never truly live with my family again, I might have backed...

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my first blog

Sophie Librett

2019-08-22

Savoring Salt Lake City The closer I get to the Global Launch becomes more and more surreal. As I sit with my friends in conversation I have started to take a step back and appreciate all of the love and support around me. Everything from a small smile to a passionate hug has filled my...

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The Journey Begins

Katherine Orellana Iraheta

2019-08-21

As I’m saying goodbye to friends and family, finishing up last minute tasks, and running around grabbing last minute essentials, it’s starting to sink in that I will soon be in another country doing things I never thought I would be doing in my life. It’s one of those feelings where I can’t tell if...

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Shea Kerry’s First Blog!

Shea Kerry

2019-08-21

Hello! Welcome to my first blog. I have no clue how all my blogs will be structured. It may be about what I am experiencing, what I observe, notes to my future/past self, or random things I am thinking about. Being honest, I usually have everything planned out, but I do not have a solid...

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