8 months later…

This is a video of where I lived in Floripa, where I worked, where I traveled, and some of the lovely friends I made in the process. Obrigdada pra tudo Floripa, te amo.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SwCE4hYRL7N8rtFmwh9wnP2nTwwJik2o/view?usp=drivesdk

25 May, 2019

Something Found

Here is a poem I forgot I had written around September of last year, after about a few weeks of being in country. I think I was really hoping to be in an emotional space I wasn't quite in yet. I don't think I really…

18 May, 2019

Falling in Love

It was the beginning of January and I still wore fear like a scarf around my neck. I was grappling with it – truly! The week before I had even eaten a new type of pastel my friends had been begging me to try. I…

21 April, 2019

15 things I will miss about being in Floripa

1. Long bus rides to TILAG when the sun is setting 2. Walking through the forest every morning to work 3. Reading on the little island near my host family’s house 4. My host brother working on his art 5. Waking up every morning to…

02 April, 2019

A day in Florianopolis

7AM I wakeup (unless the goats next door wake me up earlier…) and quickly have breakfast and get dressed for work, making sure not to forget a lunch for later in the day (I forget one more often than I’d like to admit…) and rush…

12 February, 2019

From Florida to Floripa

I have been in Floripa for one day and have already fallen in love with a isla da magia. Walking down the steps of the plane onto the tarmac we could already feel the difference from being back home. I heard someone near me say…

03 September, 2018