A Capstone Reflection- Growth After Global Citizen Year

        Hey everyone. I’ve been back in the U.S. for well over a month now, and this post is mainly to talk about the two capstone presentations I did at my highschool. This post is a little different, especially because most of…

19 May, 2018

A Digital Time-Capsule of My Life Post-Travel

        Hey everybody. I figured that since I started this blog back on August 23rd with “A Digital Time-Capsule of My Life Pre-Travel” I might as well end it the same way. It’s insane to be sitting in my kitchen right now…

02 April, 2018

The Cultural Masterlist

  (me, very happy the day after Carnaval looking at the aftermath on the walls in Peguche)           Hey everybody! This blog post is going to be more of a list of resources and references for both you guys and myself…

15 February, 2018

Stereotypes: My Analysis After (almost!) 4 Months of Life in Ecuador

        Okay, so I’ve been living in Ecuador for around 3 to 4 months now, and I’ve come to the conclusion that a lot of the times when I talk about my life here, I accidentally end up stereotyping my experience. Here’s…

18 December, 2017

“We give skills, not things.”

A lot has been happening lately. For one, I received a full-tuition scholarship to college! I’m starting off with that because it has led me to one of the coolest experiences of my time thus far: working with bees! So to explain to you how…

18 November, 2017

Getting Stronger

               I’m just gonna start this off by saying that October was an emotional and physical whirlwind. I probably experienced some of the most uncomfortable physical sensations I’ve had yet during my time abroad, mostly due to catching parasites…

09 November, 2017

What Ecuador has Taught Me: My Collection of Experiences

I’ve been in Ecuador for almost three weeks, (to be honest time is a lost construct for me right now so that could be entirely inaccurate) and I’ve learned quite a lot! For as much as I’ve learned about Ecuador, I’ve discovered the same amount…

30 September, 2017

A Digital Time-Capsule of My Life Pre-Travel

Okay so I tried to write an intro about three times and I couldn't think of a good hook so this is what I've got; I am very nervous and very excited, and I think that those two have peacefully cancelled themselves out. I feel…

23 August, 2017