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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Mame Diarra Diop
Sophie Schonbach
2018-06-07
Mame Diarra Diop 2017 Oil on glass 38,1 x 10 cm I remember one of the numerous workshops we did throughout our seminars (GCY based). It encouraged us to try out different media to share and to use in our blog-posts. And so I decided to go for it. Now, this is not something I...
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Olivia Dutra
2018-06-07
Two months back in the states and I’m still getting used to the fact that not every person I pass will want to say hi, smile or even engage in a quick conversation. Two months back and I still find myself replying to peoples, “how was Ecuador?” with, “it was great!”, or “I loved it!”...
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Capstone project: A rainbow of sweet contradictions
Marta Allegue Souto
2018-06-07
A few days ago, I organized a photography exhibition under the name of “A rainbow of sweet contradictions”. On it, I decided to share the stories of several people within my in-country community to try to explain certain aspects of how tradition and innovation are shaping India’s culture and society. These “contradictions” helped me navigate...
Read MoreCap Stone Reflection
Mae Reilly
2018-06-07
For my capstone project I decided to do a video compilation of my community and all the people I met. While making it and watching it before I posted it filled me with an overwhelming sense of gratitude and sadness. Seeing all the wonderful people I had the opportunity to meet and all the amazing experiences...
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Hamid Ahmed Abulrhman
2018-06-07
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The End.
Diego Lasner
2018-06-07
Today is my last day as a global citizen year fellow. You all may have been wondering what the past two months have been like in this weird purgatory stage all fellows have been in- out of country but still in the program. For me, I’m still dealing with reverse culture shock, regaining my friendships,...
Read MoreWriting While Away
Sy Richardson Dragon
2018-06-07
India was the first time in a while I found myself with an abundance of unstructured time just to think. I read more for pleasure than I had for most of high school, discovered new and foreign music, explored a diverse and expansive culture, and wrote — music, journal entries, poems — about as much...
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March till Now. (capstone reflection)
Shukura Babirye
2018-06-07
Late March- Early April Did the one thing I told myself I wouldn’t do, and that was to fall in love with my host community and people who have helped me so much over this journey. From my host mum and sisters, to the students from my colegio, all the way to missing the...
Read MoreHow was Africa?
Erik Oline
2018-06-07
Hey it’s me again. So it turns out that I’m required to post another blog, and as my email inbox is now bursting with other Fellows blogs from June 6th who are scrambling to meet the June 7th deadline I figured I should hop on that boat, the June 7th boat rather, because yesterday...
Read MoreFinal Reflections
Marli Anglim
2018-06-07
Since returning to the States from Ecuador, countless people have been curious about what my life has been for the past eight months. In the first few weeks of returning, everything that I had grown up with, and had always felt like home, were suddenly completely foreign to me. My body was in Berkeley,...
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Isabel Munoz Beaulieu
2018-06-07
I have many thoughts about my bridge year in Senegal that it's hard to write them down and share them. However, there are certain things that I learned and experienced that I want to keep with me for the rest of my life. These are lessons that I hope I will never forget therefore I'm...
Read MoreMy Path in Senegal
Sarah Candee
2018-06-07
Senegal Capstone Video: [vc_video link=’https://youtu.be/t3wIFR8EnrU’] There are some places in the world that, once visited, go straight to your heart and never leave. For me, Senegal is such a place. Upon returning to the States, I have grappled with how to share my personal experience in Senegal. Peoples’ predetermined notions of how my experience should...
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