Unconditional Love

This week I had my 21st Birthday in The Gambia. Thinking back, I remember when I was first accepted into the Global Fellows…

Week 6: Funny Moments

There’s a lot of deep, reflective stuff that can be said about my time here. You will not find that on this blog post.

The End of a Marathon

“When what you see in front of you is so far outside of what you dreamed, but you have the belief, the boldness, the…

“Why Girl’s Education?”

This precious life we are given is all about the choices we make for ourselves. At the beginning of this journey, I…

Reflection

There is so much to reflect on, to be grateful for, and to miss about my experience in India. I have now been back in the States for more…

Strong Girls, Strong World

“I am not the product of my circumstances. I am the composite of all the things I believe and all the places I believe I can go. My past does not define me. I can step out of my history to create a new day for myself. Even if the entire culture is saying no. Even if every single…

Personal Growth 🦋

As I sit in Sacramento reflecting on my time in Bolivia, I am thinking more about the wonderful experiences I have had here…

Gone in a Blur

It seems as though we have been busy doing something nearly every second of each day. We wake up, have breakfast together, hit the office, have lunch, work again until 5, explore a different part of Kolkata, and then enjoy one another’s company during and after dinner. We have our days in the office…

Sad Demise

Nadia and I have come a long way since we first arrived in Bangalore seven weeks ago. It’s truly something that we’ve made it this far without much help- we’ve been independently living in India practically since the moment we arrived with Google as our only reference as to how to navigate this chaotic…

“The feeling is less like an ending than just another starting point.”