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Semira Sanchez

Semira, also known as Sammi, has a passion for working with people in her community. She volunteers as a camp counselor in Maine, works in homeless outreach programs near her home in Tampa, and dedicates almost every Saturday to working at a Senior Citizen Center where she organizes activities and enjoys listening to stories. Sammi also serves as the secretary of the Spanish Honor Society.

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Senegal 2012 Fellows

Semira Sanchez

2012-05-22

Here is a video that I made for the 2012 Global Citizen Year Fellows of Senegal. I love you and miss you guys!   Enjoy!

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Leaving is not the easiest thing to do.

Semira Sanchez

2012-05-22

Dear Journal, It’s my last night in my village of Ngouname, Palmarin, Senegal. I’m currently in the process of wrapping up my packing but I just cant get myself to finish putting the last five things I have in my room in my bag. It’s as if right when I’m done packing, it’s for sure...

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Introducing: The Faye Family

Semira Sanchez

2012-05-22

Hello Sánchez Family! So as you know, you will be arriving to the wonderful, magnificent, sensational Senegal in only a matter of days. “YAY!” And guess what, people already know your names. So many people in my village are very anxious for your arrival, including me, and they cant wait to meet you. To make...

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Jean Simeôn Faye

Semira Sanchez

2012-05-22

“I love you Jean!” “I love you Tamira (Semira)” Everyday, at least once a day, an exchange of an “I love you” was said between my two year old brother Jean and I. Since I have been here, Jean has become one of my best friends and my brother. Even though he is only two...

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A Senegalese Birthday

Semira Sanchez

2012-05-21

For the Senegalese, birthdays are seen as ‘not a big deal.’ Since I’ve been here both my mom and my sister’s birthdays have passed, and they treated them just as another day going by. For example, when it came to my 7-year-old sisters birthday. In the morning I had jumped on her bed and yelled...

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