2018-06-06
I know you are probably wondering what on earth I could still have left to say in one of these blog post after I’ve been home for well over a month. However, Global Citizen Year requires us to do a capstone project–to share our story back home somehow. I chose to share mine by going...
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Sometimes it's hard to accept the 'end' of experiences as intense as the ones I experienced in India. As I went through RET and the process of going home, it felt like a part of me was still in India. I didn't want to come to terms with the fact that I was back to...
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2018-06-06
In the sunrise of April, I hold you before me, a product of a subtropical breeze, nutritious soil, and water that nourished from inside out. I have been waiting for you and I know the journey has not been an easy one. As I look at your skin adorned with swaths of deep coral, leafy...
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During the past months I spent in India I had so many experiences. Often it was hard to reflect on these experiences as I was in the middle of it all. Coming back has therefore been a good time to think about what I have been through, both the good and the bad, and how...
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A short film dedicated to spread awareness the beauty a gap year with Global Citizen Year can hold. [vc_video link=’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3tkoL21uZo’]
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Adapting to a new culture and country was more than difficult when I first lived in Ecuador, but contrary to popular belief going back home was even harder. In my town in Chordeleg, I felt like I held an important role in my community. I was an assistant English teacher and I also worked in...
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Home has always been an ambiguous word for me. Is it where I have grown up? Is it where my ancestors come from? Is it where I am living at the moment? Or is it even somewhere I might end up in the future? For the past few years, I have been questioning the topic...
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