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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Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
Eleanor Ross
2019-08-29
I’ve always tried to keep most thoughts out of my head. Seems contradictory, but I have a formula. It’s incredibly precise. If I start thinking about something that makes me uncomfortable, I actively shake the thought out of my head. Be warned, an incredibly intense precision is imperative to moving your head side to side...
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Just the beginning
Aisha Kothari
2019-08-29
For the last few months every time someone would say, “how do you feel about going to Brazil?” my answer, with a big smile, would be “I’m sooo excited!”. Only on the night of August 24th did my answer and feeling inside my stomach change. This was the night before it all started. This was...
Read MoreSHE CAME, SHE SAW, SHE TOOK A GAP YEAR
Lily Turner
2019-08-28
I never thought I would be here a year ago. Or even six months ago for that matter. Global Citizen Year kind of fell into my lap, like an apple from a tree, something purely coincidental but exactly what one needs at the time. At least, that’s what it felt like to me. ...
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My Global Citizen Year Overview
Erin Pugh
2019-08-28
Hi! Welcome to my blog where I’ll be posting (frequency tbd) about my bridge year for the next few months. I haven’t actually left the country yet, so I thought it would be most useful to answer some basic questions: Where am I now? Global Launch! It’s our entry training held...
Read MoreReady to go, once more.
Sofia Dragoti
2019-08-28
Μέσω Many people around me question my desitions strongly. “Why did you leave Greece for two years to go to Armenia? Why are you not going to college straight away?” And this discussion continues with many telling me “Sofia, you are 19 years old, it is already late”. “Is not !” I am answering, and...
Read MoreDay 1: First Day at Stanford
Aya Cortez
2019-08-28
To give you guys an idea of what I am doing right now, I am at my desk in my dorm room typing this journal out. No one showed up in my room, so I think I don’t have a roommate. Not having a roommate isn’t actually that bad. As I am an introvert when...
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Saying Goodbye
Amelia Joss
2019-08-27
I tried to write this blog over and over again in the last few weeks I was at home, but I could never quite get it right. I think this whole thing felt too surreal. I couldn’t even begin to process the idea of leaving home. I kept getting stuck on this idea: I am...
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Blog
Hadley Duquette
2019-08-27
My journal entry from day one at Global Launch!! I realized during the second day that this was not the most true journal entry. The first day was hard, really hard. I wanted to be very positive for my first journal, but I realized that it shouldn't be, it should just be authentic. Over these...
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Ke Kubugile
Sinead Nardi-White
2019-08-26
For as long as I can remember, reminders of my mom’s time in Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer have been present in my life- our house is decorated with art, furniture, and musical instruments from Botswana, she has come to do cultural presentations at my school, and her Peace Corps friends are like aunts...
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Let’s Do This
Olivia Fiscal
2019-08-25
I'm about to board a plane and leave my home. Is it terrifying? Yes very but I know I'm ready for this, you might have not been able to tell because I was crying the whole way through the airport, but I swear Im so excited. Ok cool so I'm doing this. I think its...
Read MoreMy Own Hero’s Journey
Elise Rockwell
2019-08-24
My name is Elise Rockwell, and I am moving to Ecuador for 7 months with the program Global Citizen Year. There are plenty of things I could write about, but I am not going to write about what my future holds in the next year because you will see that for yourself (if you so...
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