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| | March 24, 2023

JESUS WASN'T THE ONLY ONE!

The following blog post was written by Bridge Year Fellow, Sophie DuBois.   Right now, I’m diametrically opposed to the United States. Physically speaking. I’ve always, of course, been opposed in numerous reasonable and internal ways. What I mean is that a few weeks back I sat in a plane with pink lights and crossed […]
| | November 21, 2022

My immeasurable string of pearls

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, Amelia Laursen. November 11, 2022 Isabela, Puerto Rico When I was preparing to move to Isabela (a small surf town on the north shore of Puerto Rico), I facetimed my mentor, McCarty, hoping for some validation and advice on this huge decision. McCarty is a […]
| | November 21, 2022

Big and Small coexist

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, Amelia Laursen. October 24, 2022 Isabela, Puerto Rico   My heart has grown three sizes, or maybe four, or possibly five or could even be twenty-seven sizes bigger since I moved to Puerto Rico. What size does a heart have to be to hold two […]
| | November 15, 2022

The Cycle of Love

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, Isaac Holmes. The sun breaks over the ocean at seven o'clock now. It trails gently into the sky, settling into the distant mountains before dinner. The waves are constantly battling the rocky coast. Some days, the ocean throws itself against the roughly hewn granite, soaring […]
| | November 15, 2022

Island Time

The following was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, Adamaris Delgado. My second month here in Hawaii I spent it on the north shore of Oahu in a town called Haleiwa. I’m currently volunteering for an amazing surf camp that focuses on teaching beginners how to surf and sharing Hawaiian culture. My day to day […]
| | October 25, 2022

LABOR OF LOVE

The following blog post was written by Bridge Year Fellow, Sophie DuBois. This blog post is a response to every “how’s work?” I've left unanswered in the past month. Spoiler: I really like it. It’s crazy how we are so used to feeling busy that any moment of un-busyness sits like an unmarked wet-spot on […]
| | October 10, 2022

SPENDING FALL IN SAN FRANCISCO AND EATING FIGS

The following blog post was written by Bridge Year Fellow, Sophie DuBois. I keep telling myself that I’ll probably do a better job if I do this later. No, probably I won't. I’ve been thinking a lot this week about that Sylvia Plath piece about figs. Not only do I have a seasonal infatuation with […]
| | October 10, 2022

Farm Time

The following was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, Adamaris Delgado. ~~~~~~~~~~~ After applying to college it never crossed my mind that I would be taking a gap year. The only timeline I believed that I had was graduating high school and then starting college the following year. A gap year the stigma that it’s unconventional to […]
| | September 28, 2022

Getting to Where I’m Going

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, Isaac Holmes. “It says I’m a finalist for a gap year.” I was shopping at Target with my mom when I saw I’d been accepted to UNC. We were taking a trip down to visit another college and had stopped to grab a few things. […]
| | September 28, 2022

Forming Fear into fear

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, Amanda Jesuca.   When I was finalizing my decision to take a gap year, I was still calculating how many transfer credits I would have to see if I would still graduate on time. That small fact illustrated my fear of a gap year as […]
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