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| | September 28, 2022

Sharing in the Joy and the Uncertainty

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, Amelia Laursen. Aug 29 2022 Wilmington, NC   This time last week, I was convinced I would be spending my gap year living at home and volunteering in a soup kitchen. I was convinced that I would have to go around and tell all the […]
| | September 19, 2022

Dear Little Lela,

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, Lela French. We both know that I couldn’t have done this the easy way. Most people go straight to four years of college, but I’ve never been the type of person to do it like everyone else. Somehow I always have to add my own […]
| | September 19, 2022

Life is Long and Things Work Out

The following post was written by Bridge Year Fellow, Sophie Lowry. *written on Tuesday, August 23* I am currently sitting at my gate in the Atlanta airport. I am here 2 hours early, as my aunt and uncle who live here successfully instilled in me a deep fear of the nightmare that security here can […]
| | April 20, 2022

Blog Post

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, Amber Grant. In order to begin writing this entry, I went back to reread my last blog post. To say things have changed since then would be an understatement. In fact, it feels like that November post was written at least a year ago, not […]
| | April 18, 2022

Hidden Tattoos

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, McCarty Hudson. Two and a half months ago, I was in a coffee shop listening to my friend take the stage with his bluegrass band. It was late, probably around 9:00pm (which I know isn’t that late for most people, but when you wake up […]
| | April 8, 2022

Experiences Worth Wild

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, Ayanna Philips. As I approach the final months of my gap year, I reflect upon the experiences that have made me grow solely as an individual during this time. It has brought me great joy to have the opportunity to travel, try new endeavors, meet […]
| | March 28, 2022

Learning My Role in Community

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, John Swinea. As I approach three months living in Hawai’i, it feels crazy to look at my previous blog post, because of how vastly different I am, only months apart. When I got on my flight to Hilo to move here, I had no clue […]
| | November 29, 2021

Unexpected but Just What I Needed

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, Sitao Lin. I have a habit of romanticizing situations in my head and my first placement was not an exception. Before I even departed for my gap year I had already begun to imagine the place I would get to visit, the people I would […]
| | November 24, 2021

My Kind of Paradise

The following blog post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, Violet Child-Lanning. August 25th, the first night I slept in my upstate New York placement. Lying in an unfamiliar bed, I started to laugh. This was it- I was really here, independently making and carrying out major life-changing decisions far away from everyone and […]
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