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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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. … Read more

The following blog post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, Halden Levin. Dear Reader, I offer you one thousand paper cranes, a culmination of many mornings and occasional nights. Some flew across the world and back, and others never … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

The following post was written by Global Gap Year Fellow, John Swinea. The past three months of my life half flashed before my eyes. It feels like just yesterday I was sitting down to write my pre-departure blog, and now … Read more

The following post was written by Bridge Year Fellow, Sonia Rao. Every night, I sit on the hammock outside my porch nestled deep in the El Yunque rainforest and listen to the coqui sing.    For my first few weeks … Read more