2018-10-05
[Image description: photo of myself at the Orlando Museum of Art in front of Dan Halter’s Rifugiato Mappa del Mondo] Packing my suitcase for the next eight months in Senegal brought an initially incomprehensible sense of déjà vu. For days I was overwhelmed by the feeling that I had already packed for this sojourn, but...
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English When you take a gap year you know it will be full of surprises, but you never know when the first one will come. My first challenge and big surprise was sooner than I could have imagined. Because of visa issues, I had to change country. I was no going to India anymore I...
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August 31, 2018 Global Launch was not what I expected but it was definitely something I needed. I’ve flipped through all the pages in my notebook at Global Launch and I see a pattern. Every inspiration wrote or idea I wrote down has to do with self reflection and expectations. What is it that I’m...
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2018-10-04
It has been a little over a month since arriving here in Senegal. Here is a list of things that I did not expect coming here: – how every kid will call you tubbab (Westerner in Wolof) and go up to you and stroke your hair and skin (now I am fine with kids calling...
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Wow! What a world we live in! A couple ponderings from the life I am creating in Ecuador: Maybe the journey can only begin when the pavement ends and the cactus grow. And maybe at this place you may find a heart filled home where the walls have cracks in them because of the strength...
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2018-10-03
At all times, First Days of school are worth remembering. Without a doubt, I’ll say that the one at Sant Tukaram School in Pune has definitely been the most overwhelming of them all. Like in every first day of school, the moment you step a foot in the school, all eyes are on you —...
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2018-10-03
Upon arriving at Ibarra, I felt like we were so privileged. We stayed a very fancy hotel with a nice buffet breakfast and many facilities. The rooms were cleaned every single day and I truly believed I was on vacation. We did all the touristy things such as going to the famous ice cream places,...
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