A quick note about natural hair/ hablemos de cabello

English then Spanish Ingles despues español I had never though that wanting to wear my natural hair would be an every day battle. There is not a single day I’m not asked When are you going to braid your hair? Why you don’t braid it?….

14 January, 2019

De una familia de 3 a una de 9 o 11 no 13 en realidad 16 / From a family of 3 to a family of 9… 11 …13, actually 16

Español despues ingles Spanish then English Me tomó tiempo publicarlo, escribí este blog en mi primer mes en Senegal It took me time to post it, I write this in my first month in Senegal GCY me dijo que estaría en una casa +9 y…

14 January, 2019

A few survival tips! Algunos consejos de supervivencia List of things you need to know if you come to Senegal ( I learn this from my first week In my host family)/ Lista de cosas que deberías saber sí vienes a Senegal. (Aprendí esto en mi primera semana con mi familia de acogida)

-Greetings is essential for social life and is one of the most important things, if you don’t do it you would be seen as antisocial!! Is also the best way to do random new friends -Cookings will be a great upper body workout! -Be ready…

03 January, 2019

My first week/ Mi primera semana

La primera semana en Senegal fue fabulosa! Fue la semana de bienvenida, estuve en Dakar con todos los Fellows y comenzamos a alistarnos para ir con nuestras familias de acogida Cosas que aprendí en mi primera semana en Senegal: -No olvides tomar tu pastilla para…

25 October, 2018

A last minute change

English When you take a gap year you know it will be full of surprises, but you never know when the first one will come. My first challenge and big surprise was sooner than I could have imagined. Because of visa issues, I had to…

05 October, 2018