Dia de los Difuntos
Merle Nye
2017-03-30
Ecuador celebrates their Day of the Dead on the night of November 1st through the afternoon of the 2nd. In the days leading up to this celebration, you can find "guaguas de pan" and "colada mordada", the traditional food and drink for these festivities, on every street corner, in the school cafeteria, or in the...
Read MoreThe Super Bowl in Cuenca
Merle Nye
2017-03-30
I decided a fun bonding with my new host family, who is very interested in American culture, would be treating them to some hamburgers while watching the Super Bowl. As you might imagine, American football’s popularity here is comparable with that of watching rugby or Cricket in the United States. Still, I had confidence that...
Read MoreMy Global Citizen Year Apprenticeship video
Merle Nye
2017-03-30
I recently put together some footage I had of my apprenticeship to give friends and family an idea of what my apprenticeship is here in Ecuador. [vc_video link=’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpAP9rHI0h0&t=57s’]
Read MoreClimate Change in Ecuador
Merle Nye
2016-12-19
Ask almost any member of the Illescas family about the effects of climate change in Ecuador and you are guaranteed an answer relating to water. A logical concern in a country more most rivers per square kilometer than anywhere in the world. Living here, in El Valle, Ecuador, with the Illescas family, whose income...
Read MoreMy apprenticeship
Merle Nye
2016-10-19
I’ve often talked with my mom, a high school teacher, about the seven fifty minute periods at her high school being crazy and wondered how she could be expected to keep track of grades for two hundred plus kids, let alone remember their names. So far, my teaching schedule here has made that look like...
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