Category: Community Development/Outreach

Although I did not know what necessarily to expect when I arrived as the new intern at the Scrap Exchange, …

“Wow, your house is just like I dreamed the houses in America to be, so big and grand, not like …

This summer I am volunteering at an organization, WindAid, that is building wind turbines to bring electricity to rural villages …

“Adulting” is hard. That’s the first thought that comes to my mind at the end of this four-day week that …

This past week has been a whirlwind of new experiences. Since arriving in Miami last Friday, I feel as though …

When I was eight-years-old, my dad decided that we were all going to speak English and only English in the …

Everyone’s wheels touched down sometime on Friday last week, but we spent the night raiding the grocery section of a …

Finishing this week has left me very exhausted and very sweaty. Despite this, I think that this “new life” here …

Another week has gone by, and it seems as if each week is passing more quickly than the one before …

I wanted to start this blog post with the words “My first few days in Costa Rica have been____,” but …