Your Cohort!
Your cohort is your rock, your adventure buddies, and support system.
They're there to laugh with at all the absurd moments that come with navigating a new culture and language.
From sharing long bus rides together to dancing under the stars to comparing mosquito bites, there’s some weird bonding magic that only happens when you’re on a gap year together!
See why Fellows consider their cohort a second family!
“What I’ve found here is an immediate community and family that is absolutely unexplainable. An unbelievably diverse family, with brothers and sisters from all over the world, who all feel my struggle, want the same things, and crave the adventure and love I continually seek. A family that has dared to pave a different path and live without regrets.”
– Abi Bethke (Ecuador ’17, Vassar College)
EXPERIENCE A DAY IN THE LIFE OF
A GLOBAL CITIZEN YEAR FELLOW
Fellow / Ecuador
— Anna del Savio
I work with a group of indigenous artisans that make fair trade jewelry.…
Fellow / Brazil
— Amari Leigh
After my community garden apprenticeship, I like to hang out at the local waterfall with my friends.…
Fellow / Brazil
— Basil Wiering
I often hail a rickshaw into various parts of the city to meet friends and practice street photography.…
Fellow / Brazil
— Fernanda Tornell
I've developed my public speaking skills and encouraged hundreds of people to take care of our planet.…
Fellow / India
— Luciana Ribeiro da Silva
I apprentice with Teach For India and also volunteer with a non-profit working to end child marriage.…
Fellow / Ecuador
— Noah Hapke
I co-teach English classes at the school in my community.…
Fellow / Brazil
— Sarah Murray
My apprenticeship is at a school for people with disabilities where I help to lead gardening, games, and capoeira.…
Fellow / India
— Alana Poole
In the afternoons, I often go on home visits to meet my students' families and understand where they come from.…