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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The Road That Lies Ahead
Kenya Barbosa-McCauley
2016-08-17
I was lucky enough to get the window seat on my flight home. I peered out of the small dirt-fogged window to see the Bay Bridge. Home, but only for 3 more weeks. I have just spent the last 5 weeks in the small fishing town of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua. When I touch down and enter...
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Letter to my friends
Alondra Quiles
2016-08-17
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 5:20 P.M. We’ve come a long way. Whether we’ve known each other for a couple months or years. Through all of our ups and downs you have stuck by me. You have watched me grow and change as I have watched you too. That’s what friendship is about. It’s about our...
Read MoreFinding Comfort in the Unknown
Phoebe Park
2016-08-16
I’m still re-learning what it means to find my way around without a set of instructions. I think I’ve forgotten to enjoy life outside of the schedule written in the white boxes of my planner. At moment’s glance, it seems that I have everything in life figured out, but a closer look will expose that...
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Never wanted something more.
Mariana Ossa
2016-08-16
A couple days ago i sat on my bed reassuring that my packing list was complete. Suddenly, my mom walked in the room and her worried face was the first thing that caught my attention. Mariana are you sure you want to do this ? she said, questioning me, as usual, to make sure i...
Read MoreIn search of a new home
Fernanda Tornell
2016-08-12
I consider myself fortunate because I have had the opportunity to live in three very different places so far. And even more so because each place grew special enough to me that I can now call each one of them my home. Every time I moved away was extremely challenging, however, each move was a...
Read MoreGoing, going, but not yet gone
Aden Fischer-Brown
2016-08-12
Bienvenidos a mi blog! I knew very early on in my college application process that I wanted to take a gap year, but I started out not knowing at all what I sought to do or achieve on it. Throughout my extensive research, I developed the understanding that above all else what I wanted was...
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B4
Kayla Sherald
2016-08-08
With a loud BANG I momentarily left my petrified Shih Tzu who I’d recently assumed had a phobia of loud noises to the point where she’d run down the steps to our front door. I quickly ran, like an overly hyper child and entered my balcony upon which I was immediately greeted by the colorful burst of another firecracker...
Read MoreRealization
Alondra Quiles
2016-08-08
Sunday, August 8, 2016 12:30 A.M. I’ll always be terrified, but sometimes being scared can be the best feeling we can ever experience. That is why I can officially say that I am ready for Brazil. After spending a weekend surrounded by my dad’s side of the family, I realized that there isn’t anything to...
Read Morepreparing for the unknown
Rose Kyler
2016-08-07
These past several months have been full of to-do lists. First to-do list: get all my vaccinations, check. Second to-do list: send off my Visa application, check. Third to-do list: the infamous “packing list,” where every day I checked something off and added something on for the entire month of July, check. I now have, piled up in the...
Read MoreSearching for myself across the world
Carolina Albano
2016-08-07
Many 18 year olds have no idea who they are. They do routine things, such as getting a job, or applying to college, while going through life with the their lives supposedly paved out for them already. Because of this, they don’t know who they are, what they’re suppose to be, and/or what makes them...
Read More#collegecanwait: Why I’m not attending my dream school (yet)
Sebastian Paine
2016-08-04
High school is a paradox. We, as students and as human beings, are at once created and destroyed. We grow, learn, and pursue new interests and hobbies. Thus, we are built up into who we are. At the same time, we are beaten down by a cycle of academic competition, peer pressure, and ruthless standardized testing. We are told that...
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Amanda Hawks
2016-08-04
I have always considered myself to be college bound, as I’m sure many of you have. College is extremely appealing, you get to make new friends, live in dorms, set yourself on a career path, and of course learn at a higher level. Which is why I surprised myself when I made the decision...
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