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Talpha Harris

April 16, 2015

Talpha Sebrena Harris of Wilmington, NC, graduated from Isaac Bear Early College. She believes in changing the world through entrepreneurship. She explored sustainability and social enterprise with cocoa farmers in Ecuador and then volunteered for the social entrepreneurship program of … Read more

Phun H

April 16, 2015

Phun H of Greensboro, NC, graduated from Walter Hines Page High School. During her gap year, Phun was able to reconnect with her roots in South East Asia where she travelled to Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia. She taught English, learned to speak the … Read more

Parker Vige

April 16, 2015

Parker Owen Vige of Gonzales, Louisiana, graduated from East Ascension High School. On his gap year, Parker traveled to 56 different cities in 30 countries. He first taught English and computer literacy and worked as the financial director for the … Read more

Logan Pratico

April 16, 2015

Logan Pratico of Chapel Hill, NC graduated from East Chapel Hill High School. During his gap year he volunteered in Bolivia and Ecuador. In Bolivia Logan coordinated international volunteers, fundraised for an orphanage, and worked with a medicinal plant healer to … Read more

Quincy Godwin

April 16, 2015

Quincy Godwin of Ahoskie, NC graduated from Hertford County High School. During his gap year, Quincy taught music in Tanzania and joined the team of an environmental conservation startup in India. Now he is the first year executive officer of Nourish … Read more

Leah Simon

April 16, 2015

Leah Simon of Chapel Hill graduated from Carrboro High School. Leah’s gap year took her to the Dominican Republic, Thailand, and Myanmar to teach English, India to work with Tibetan refugees and learn Reiki, and London and Israel to explore. During … Read more

Keely Kriho

April 28, 2014

Keely Kriho of LaGrange Park, IL graduated from UNC in 2019 with degrees in American Studies (with a concentration in American Indian and Indigenous Studies) and Health Policy and Management from the Gillings School of Global Public Health. During her … Read more

Gaby Aleman

April 28, 2014

Gaby Alemán of Charlotte, NC graduated from Providence High School. The focus of her gap year is working with children and she will be traveling to Sri Lanka and Indonesia. In Sri Lanka, Gaby will be working at an orphanage … Read more