How it Started

There is a series of events that started a while ago that landed me here, currently :

1. Another student living in my home-stay house in Guatemala, Sara, had recently traveled throughout Asia and her pictures looked amazing.

2. I bought a huge world map for my wall, and realized how many places and people are out there that I'll probably never see.

3. I felt like it had been too long since my time in Guatemala, and a lot of juniors have been studying abroad and I felt like I was missing out and wanted to get another trip in somewhere before I graduated.

4. As my career path progresses towards Human Rights Law, I've been getting anxious to visit a site that had something to do with human rights first-hand.

65 I found out last minute that Emily, a roomate from last year, was in Cambodia over the holidays.

When Emily got back we ate dinner on campus together and she told me the name of the organization she had gone with, Global Youth Connect. (The picture above is from her trip). I went back to my computer, looked it up, and realized that the application deadline was in a day or two. Thankfully the program director was understanding of my situation, and I had been in the process of applying for other jobs and summer programs, so I already had contacts writing letters of reccommendation for me. I had a phone interview last Friday, and found out yesterday that I was accepted into the program!

There is a very long list of things that need to get straightened out now, but I am very excited to begin the process! Keep checking here, as I will add links, pictures and more info about the preparation process as I go along!