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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To Infinity & Beyond
Alexis Floyd
2018-06-08
Completing capstone was not easy for me because it just made me think about what I have left behind during my bridge-year experience. It has caused me to develop the fear of losing important relationships I built with the people in the above photo, and other people I met along my gap-year journey. Relationships built...
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Dear India: Shout Out To The Auto Wala!
Alexis Floyd
2018-06-08
Dear India, You’ve taught me a lot, and for now we have temporarily parted ways. I remember they days where I had to walk to the auto station not too far from my host family’s house and the man in the picture above was always there. Not only would I see him there, but...
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One Last Update
Savion Sample
2018-06-08
Completing my capstone was a really good way to wrap up and summarize my entire experience in Brazil. Being back home in the US, I was struggling to find closure with what my past 7 months had been like, so putting together this project really let all my agitation come to rest. I’ve started to...
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One Final Reflection
Gabriel Varlack
2018-06-08
When completing my capstone, I thought I would find “closer” and I would be able to “move on to the next chapter in life.” However, I ended up realizing that that’s not what I wanted at all. The past eight months I’ve just spent in Brazil is something I would like to cherish, hold on...
Read MoreThe Finale
Zoe Ward
2018-06-08
Narva, Estonia, two years ago. The adventure that first gifted me with the travel bug. Since then, I have visited two more countries and reached my long term goal of being bilingual. It’s feels as if I have met more incredible and influential people these past two years, than I had the...
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My Brazilian Family
Savion Sample
2018-06-08
The idea of family played a big role while I was in Brazil. I have them to thank for my Portuguese and my ability to take on a new culture and environment. I had such a life changing experience with my host family and I hope to one day be able to return back to...
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El Blogo Final
Regina Markert
2018-06-08
It feels surreal to think that this may very well be my last blog post on the GCY website. This year has been a lot of things, but it has also been fulfilling in ways that I did not anticipate it to be. I have grown mentally, physically (shoutout to rice), spiritually, and intellectually. As...
Read MoreThe Extraordinary of Everyday Life and the Everyday Life of the Extraordinary
Jamie Constantine
2018-06-08
I’ve been thinking about my capstone a lot and I still don’t know if how I’ve chosen to go is what is best (hence the very last-minute completion). Originally, I had planned to present at the high school I graduate from, unfortunately though, that fell through due to an April snowstorm and hectic schedules. While...
Read MoreThe Neapolitan: A Reflection in Three Parts (1/3)
Marissa Emerson
2018-06-08
My passion project, also known as The Last Thirty Days (TLTD) Vlogs, started off as a way to jokingly fulfil my mom’s request for a “Day in the Life” video. It’s cool to see now how far that project has come and the amount of time I put into it. To give some context, I...
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Antony Le
2018-06-08
Hi! Thanks for tuning in for my last ever GCY blog. This first part is why I decided to embark on this journey. The second part is my reflection. The third part… aka my last video, is yet to come. Subscribe to my channel and click that bell notification to be the first to see...
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Back in the swing of things- the capstone blog
Avinash Jagroo
2018-06-08
Sixty days, nineteen hours, fifty-five minutes and around thirty seconds have passed from the time I left Senegal to the time I started writing this blog. Since then I’ve been in Northern California, Southern Oregon, upstate New York-Syracuse to be specific, my home for the next four years- ,the big apple itself, and finally back...
Read MoreCAPSTONE REFLECTION
Christopher Chieng
2018-06-08
I have to be honest: it’s been difficult being back. I think almost everyday my thoughts wander back to my life abroad, in Ecuador, surrounded by people who I grew to love- my host family, my supervisor and apprenticeship, and all of my friends I made within the program. But if there’s one thing I...
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