Isla Amantaní sits in the middle of Lake Titicaca, a rock of fields and homes rising up out…
We spent this past week in Cuzco, moving around a lot to visit our last school and afterschool program, as well as visit various ruins and experience more of the Andean culture. I did not know what to expect from Cuzco and I did not realize how much I missed the sun! During our time…
I truly cannot believe how fast our time in Lima has flown by. It seems crazy to me that soon we will be on a plane to Cuzco, having completed three of our four weeks in Peru. My time in Peru has been amazing and also challenging for a variety of reasons. I have enjoyed getting to know the culture and the…
“Colombians have this expression, that they all use — so, so many people have used it…
When it comes to the talk of educational inequalities, I do not believe that they can be fixed in the short run. I believe that the category of economics needs to be approached first to bring the gap of wealth smaller. This large gap of wealth…
This past week, my classmates and I had the privilege to go to a middle-class school to understand and maybe incorporate their ideas into our own lives. This school was ranked as a Class B, which is not nearly the top like Class A, but it is higher than most of the…
When the question about the importance of education is posed, I feel that the answer for many is often confining. Many times I feel that the social construct and ideas about education are too influenced by stereotypes and stigmas surrounding gender, race, socioeconomic status, et…
NEW BEGINNINGS:
The second that I stepped off the plane and into Latin America, I felt immediately displaced and slightly overwhelmed with the bonds that the people of Peru have around me. The language…
This first week in Peru has been a whirlwind; a crazy, beautiful intermixing of hands-on learning of Peruvian culture and…
