Portfolios

Thomas Elliott, Class 2019, South Africa Besides a short trip to the Netherlands to renew his visa, Thomas spent the entirety of his gap year in rural South Africa. While he was there, he worked with a professor of socio-ecology, … Read more

Kalli Bunch, Class 2019, Nepal and Sri Lanka At the end of her senior year in high school, Kalli was unsure about what she wanted to study at Carolina. When she received the Global Gap Year Fellowship she was relieved: … Read more

Rebecca Lynn Cooper of Rocky Point, NC, graduated from Heide Trask High School. Rebecca taught basic reading skills in Lithuania and did research on herbivore land preferences on a game reserve in South Africa. She had never left the country before … Read more

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 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 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 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 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