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Becoming a Global Citizen

In the summer of 2014, I had the opportunity to travel to Europe with People to People Student Ambassadors, a study abroad program created by President Eisenhower. With a group of 36 high school students...

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Discover Yourself: One Journey At A Time

A gust of warm spring air strikes the open windows of the 768-step tall cathedral. The soft breeze sweeps beneath...

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Arizona is a Long Ways Away

I have always wanted to visit the Grand Canyon. I imagine it would be beautiful to hike part of its 227-miles of length or to camp in the valley and stare up at the mile deep walls of rock. Instead,...

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Yuki and Yuki: The Connections between Japan and America

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Eau de Grasse

As a perfume fanatic and aspiring perfumer, I have wanted to visit Grasse ever since I learned it was the perfume capital of the world. I have had wild dreams featuring colorful meadows with rows and...

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In the World, Not Of the World

Breathing in was like breathing in a new culture, adventure, and life - taking it all in at once. Here I was, along with twenty-one adults and students I’ve known most of my life, experiencing this....

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My Home is the World

We rumbled down the worn dusty road passing families on mopeds, donkeys carrying bundles of grass and battered taxis. The silhouettes of rocky hills and desert dunes stood...

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A 6 Month Journey

At first I thought my parents were joking. Leaving school behind for six months to travel across...

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A Lesson Learned, A Perspective Changed

This past summer I was fortunate enough to be awarded a scholarship for a trip to Bolivia and Peru for 24 days. It was with the Youth Ambassadors program sponsored by the...

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