A Year in Slovakia: Môj život na Slovensku

You want to know what the craziest thing about living in a completely foreign country…

“What is something that has surprised you about your gap year experience? How did it make you think critically about your previous assumptions?”

Initially, as I pondered this question and began to brainstorm things that I could write about, I struggled to come up with something. I am very familiar with the town in which I am…

Blog 5 — Citizen of the world

I hear the screeching of a car pull up to the front gates of the Nutrition Center and my first instinct is to look up. As I look past the fenced-up windows and gate I see my grandfather waving back at me ready to take me home. I quickly finish spoon feeding Jency, a two year…

Gap Year Blog #5

On one of my first days in Washington, I went out with a legislative staffer for coffee just to get some advice on what it is like to work on the Hill, what I should focus on, etc. One of the first things he told me was, “Don’t pick a side yet. You don’t know what you believe. I went into college…