Aya Cortez, Author at Global Citizen Year

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A deep, 8-month immersion where students live alongside the global majority in Brazil, Ecuador or India and develop the insights, skills, and network to become the leaders our world needs. Fellows build language fluency, develop resilience, and become part of a community a world away from home.

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Aya Cortez

September

Aya Cortez

January 8, 2020

September 30, 2019 It’s Already Been a Month! I heard my host mom, Monica, tell her sister that it was already the 24th of September and I could barely make my brain process that it’s nearly been a month since I’ve been in Ecuador. I’ve gotten comfortable with my host family and have even introduced them to...

Aya Cortez

August 28, 2019

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...

Aya Cortez

September

Aya Cortez

Day 1: First Day at Stanford

Aya Cortez