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Clarissa Bury

Clarissa is passionate about cultural interactions and international relations. She loves all kinds of music and plays in several different ensembles such as marching band, jazz band, and drumline. She is also a lifeguard and likes to learn about first aid. Her goals for the year are to make a tangible difference in her host community and to become more educated about the world by gaining further comprehension of other cultural and social realities. Her favorite quote is "The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint; the greats were great because they paint a lot."

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Snapshots

Clarissa Bury

2015-06-19

A photo essay. Banner: My host family and I 1. Imbabura fellows resting during our first week-long retreat 2. My host dad, Alfredo, smiles at me in the mirror of his truck 3. The scene at the Cotacachi cemetery during the Dia de Difuntos celebration 4. Uncle Jorge leaving the fields after 7 hours of...

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Fields

Clarissa Bury

2015-06-19

Arriving to Ecuador, I expected difficulty and the infamous culture shock” I was told so much about. My house in Ecuador

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Gatherings

Clarissa Bury

2015-06-19

In my second week in Ecuador, my family invited me to a velatorio, which, in that sense, was a Kichwa Ecuadorian memorial service. I was exhausted from work and it was about 8 at night already, so I hesitantly asked how long we would be out. No mas que una hora. No more than one...

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Since August

Clarissa Bury

2014-12-12

The three months I have been in Ecuador have been full of adventures . In Quito I stayed with a sweet old lady and spent my days squishing myself onto the buses and developing my leg muscles tackling the hill between Spanish classes and Global Citizen Year lectures. I went to an Ecuadorian soccer game,...

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