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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Donna Tin Sun
2017-08-25
Considering that I’ve been living away from home for the last two years, you’d think I’d be used to the ominous feeling of leaving home and knowing I won’t be back again for a long long time. As it turns out, going through this process is even more heartbreaking each and every time I stand...
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Saying Goodbye to Winter
Soraya Waller
2017-08-25
So I'm from the Pacific Northwest of the US and Canada, and I've never been outside of it for longer than a month. Which means that for my entire life, there's been this unquestioned assumption in me, without my directly thinking on it, that each year of my life will consist of a warm summer...
Read MoreThose Blue Moving Carts
Ebunoluwa Akinbode
2017-08-25
My culture, as well as GCY, contains a huge element of storytelling, so I’m going to share a story with you guys. First let’s set the scene: I’m lying on my bed flipping through my senior yearbook. I’m on the phone with my sister Ewa, and contemplating my upcoming graduation. It’s dark outside which means...
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Alexandra Moreno
2017-08-25
One of the biggest perks of living in Chicago is access to some of the best music. This summer, alone, brought Migos, Lil Uzi Vert, 21 Savage, Joey Purp, Solange, Danny Brown, Big Sean, Justice, blink-182, The Killers, and other insane acts to music fests all over the city. Chance the Rapper hosted a free...
Read MoreHello!
Natalia Fischl-Lanzoni
2017-08-24
My name is Natalia Fischl-Lanzoni, and I am 2 days away from embarking on my Global Citizen Year, which I will be spending in Ecuador! It's crazy to think that in just a few days, I will be leaving my home for 9 months and living in a place I've never been before, with people...
Read More‘Till I See You Again
McKenna Daily
2017-08-24
Hello all! As I embark on the biggest, most beautifully unpredictable journey of my life, I’m thinking too about what it means to leave the place I’ve always known. In light of those mixed feelings, I’m excited to share with you the first song of many, ‘Till I See You Again. Over these next eight...
Read MorePre-departure thoughts and feelings
Shauni Lustig
2017-08-24
These last few days have been full of slow days and quality time spent with quality people. By slow days I mean that we didn’t do much in those days but man, did they go by fast. My mind is constantly racing thinking about how much this experience is about to impact my life. This...
Read MoreWhy this gap year and what to expect
Gijs Smid
2017-08-24
It was a long back-and-forth process before I finally made the decision to go on this gap year. I can still picture all the pros and cons lists and all the people I’ve asked for advice (thank you if you were one of them! 🙂 ). So here I’ll share a bit of what made...
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Je suis prêt!
Tiffany Hurtado
2017-08-24
So now that I’m done with high school, everyone asks me what’s next. I guess the obvious answer would be going to University, yet people are constantly surprised by my plans, which is often followed by the question ‘But why are you going to Senegal?’. And every time someone asks me this question I give...
Read MoreA Digital Time-Capsule of My Life Pre-Travel
Sadie Troup
2017-08-23
Okay so I tried to write an intro about three times and I couldn't think of a good hook so this is what I've got; I am very nervous and very excited, and I think that those two have peacefully cancelled themselves out. I feel pretty good about everything right now. I could describe it...
Read More8/23/17: How I Got Here
Phuong Nguyen
2017-08-23
Yup. That’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got there. So for the purposes of this initial blog, let’s start in the beginning. The beginning of senior year that is. It was October, I had just received my rejection from Quest Bridge as a Finalist (which was, at least then, life ending). So the plan...
Read MoreTessa, The Internet and What Comes Next
Tessa Brooke
2017-08-23
Hello there. Namaste! Goodness me, this is a big step… You might automatically be thinking the heading-off-to-India bit, but I am referring to this blog fandango. Anybody who knows me and has tried to stay in regular contact knows that social media presence and I are not a very friendly duo. I think perhaps this...
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