helloo! My name is Lia (I am the last to the party oops), and I am almost 18 and from Palo Alto, CA! My summer has been filled by mini California road trips with my friends and family, working at a Greek restaurant and kids summer camp, and a trip......Read More

I found the music video and the excerpt to be interesting because they each shed a different light on the same issue: colonization and capitalism taking advantage of the people and resources of Latin America. The excerpt provided an in-depth account......Read More

Hey querid@s estudiantes, We are together, in Bolivia, wrapping up our instructor orientation. We have had a blast reading your intros and responses to our promps! We are patiently waiting to see the rest 🙂 Can’t wait to see you all in......Read More

Hey everyone! I’m Jackson from Boulder Colorado, home to the beautiful Rocky Mountains. I am 18 years old and I just graduated high school. I decided to take a gap year and join this program because the thought of jumping right back into......Read More

hey y’all! I’m leo from houston, TX. I’m joining this course as part of my gap year before starting college at UCLA. Currently, I’m working at a juice store (the kind that sells $9 bottles of cold press to suburban moms), and......Read More

Hey! I’m Madeleine, I’m 18 years old and I’m from Toronto, Canada. I just graduated high school and I’m so excited to finally meet everyone! This trip will be an exciting new start to my gap year before I start at McGill University in......Read More

Hey everyone My name is Evan Getz, I’m 18 years old and from Portland, OR. I am very lucky to live within a few hours of amazing rock climbing, hiking, and mountain biking, all of which I enjoy. I spent the first two months of summer working......Read More

I’m Izzy from Needham, MA, a suburb about 20 minutes outside of Boston and I am so so excited to meet all of you! I spent my summer as a tennis coach at a day camp which was fun, but very tiring and filled with a lot of crazy kids. Besides playing......Read More

I felt that the excerpt provided a good background of the brutal and exploitative history of Latin America, while the “Latinoamerica” video conveyed the spirit of how many civilians of those countries are still feeling the effects of that......Read More

Hi Everyone! My name is Piper and I am beyond excited to start our adventure together! I am from Cincinnati, Ohio but to say I was only from Cincinnati would be a great disservice to all the other places I spend a significant amount of time in. I......Read More

Hi! My name is Isabelle Wydler, I’m from Washington D.C. (or technically just outside of DC).  I’m taking a gap semester before I start college this winter. While it has been weird to see all of my friends leave for/start college in the past......Read More

Hello!! I’m Reeve Schroeder, and I live in Great Barrington, MA. I can’t wait to meet all of you in person, but for now, here is a brief introduction. This past summer, I spent one month navigating around Europe. When I wasn’t desperately......Read More

Hi! I’m Annika from Oakland, CA. I’m taking a gap semester before starting college in February, and I’m super excited to start Dragons and work on my Spanish, eat new food, spend lots of time in the mountains (and rainforest!), meet tons of......Read More

Howdy! I’m Gabrielle Narcisse (some call me Gigi), I’m 18, my pronouns are she/her, and I’m from Montclair, NJ (30 min from NYC). I just graduated from high school and decided to take a gap year before starting at NYU Gallatin next fall. This......Read More