Fellow Stories
True gap year stories from Fellows abroad!
Check out the latest blogs from Global Citizen Year Fellows in Brazil, Ecuador, and India!
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Rising above
Alondra Quiles
2016-08-26
August 25, 2016 10:15PM The same way an infant struggles at grasping the concept of life and survival, coming into pre departure training, I too struggled to understand why I was committed to Global Citizen Year. When applying the moment the application had become accessible, I knew I had wanted to apply but I was...
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Ana Gvozdic
2016-08-25
When I was 8 years old, I told my mom I want to be a nun because I wanted to help people. At the age of 9, I was thinking that if I ever win a monetary prize, I could get 10 000 energy bars for 10 000 BAM (approx. 6000 USD). I wanted to...
Read Morewhere I need to be
Anne Cohen
2016-08-25
These first few days have been a continuous reminder that although I might not want to be here all of the time, this is exactly where I need to be. With each passing session and conversation, I feel more and more strongly that this is where I should be. And that I am on the...
Read MorePast, Present, Future – The Journey Ahead
Di Wu
2016-08-25
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Read MoreFinding old friends and new purpose
Henry Duerr
2016-08-23
Here I stand, balanced at the edge of an incredible precipice. I need not look over the edge, nor fear the fall I shall soon take. Because for the first time in a very long while, I am not alone. As many of you may know, I have chosen to defer my matriculation at Hobart...
Read MoreSeparation
Eugene Henninger-Voss
2016-08-22
I’ve already left home. I came out to visit my family out in Vacaville, California on August 9 and I won’t return home until April 17th. My past fades away and my future hurtles closer and closer to me in this sunny time. This week has been a strange limbo between leaving and arriving. I...
Read MorePast, Present, Future – The Journey Ahead
Di Wu
2016-08-22
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Read MoreEn Route
Noemi Liebe
2016-08-22
I'm trying to keep my eyes open after not getting more than a few consecutive minutes of sleep throughout the night. At this point I've already travelled for twelve hours, with another seventeen to go before I arrive in San Francisco and pre-departure training. I find it quite hard to grasp that I'm actually on...
Read MoreWhy did I decide to take a bridge year?
Helene Farrell Bee
2016-08-20
Hi everyone! Starting today, I'm taking part in a transformative bridge year with the Global Citizen Year program. Why did I decide to take a bridge year? Growing up, my dad's work as a contractor took our family to many different places and countries. I was born in Indonesia, and have lived in India, and...
Read MoreThe Right Decision
Anh Tu Lu
2016-08-19
As I sit in the airport at 5 AM and await for my flight to San Francisco for pre-departure training, I still don’t know how to feel. My mom often told me that it’s okay to cry, and I have done so in the past couple of days, but right now it’s just a jumbled...
Read MoreDeparting for an Ecuadorian journey
Benoit Dupras
2016-08-19
It’s two in the morning, I just finished repacking my luggage, and I still can’t sleep due to my imminent departure. I’m leaving to San Francisco in a couple of hours, but it’s also the beginning of a much more grandiose adventure and it has a name: Ecuador. For the next 9 months, I’ll be...
Read More42?
Jordyn Voss
2016-08-18
Every few months I figure out the meaning of life. I have never been able to put my finger on my own obsession with the very broad idea of existence. Regardless, it continues to fascinate me every day. Why am I here? What is perception? Does it matter? These questions are both a burden and a comfort...
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