2019-05-16
Reconcilio Rrrreconcilio con erre err-rre que suena fuerte erre, é como mi apellido Reconciliarse con uno mismo y con la gente, con mi abuela y hasta con los perros que llevan erre de riesgo. Reconciliarme con mi tierra, en las que nací y anduve de paso. A la distancia, con los amigos que se fueron,...
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https://youtu.be/dGFIxJAYgJ4 This is my host grandmother putting a saree on me on the night of Christmas’ Eve. In India, women of different backgrounds, religions, ages, practices, and dialects share the saree as their traditional attire. Centuries of colonization and Western influence did not change the primary piece of clothing of Indian women. They carry history...
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*This is something I wrote about my experience in Senegal and I would want to share it with you. I hope you enjoy it and I would be more than glad to answer any questions you have. Keep in mind that this is just a single story of my experience in Senegal and that it...
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Yesterday, I presented to several classes about my Global Citizen Year. In creating my presentation, I realized how hard it is to pick a few pictures, or a few stories, to properly convey my time in Brazil. Each picture has layers of experiences behind it, as does each story. Here is an album of 8...
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Há um ano, vir para o Brasil só era um sonho. Todos pensávamos mhhh “ainda falta muito tempo para começarmos nossa aventura no Brasil”. Tínhamos muita vontade de começar, mas também a gente tinha medo, E posso dizer com muita certeza que o medo era deixar casa, deixar mãe, pai, irmãos, amigos, seres queridos para...
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I know what it looks like. How cliche. But I am going to call it like it is; I went to a developing country and painted a mural. This mural was my Final Community Project, which was a required part of my gap year program. The goal of this project was to identify a problem...
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2019-05-14
6:15am- Wake up, take a shower, eat breakfast with Heidy. Mama Ede cooks breakfast, usually a plate of rice, sometimes with potatoes or bread and quesillo (Ecuadorian cheese) or a boiled plantain (one of my personal favorites). 6:50am- Heidy and I leave the house to catch the bus. 7:30am- 1:00pm – I am at work...
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