On Sunday, I went to a barbecue hosted by my sponsor Rotary district: 5450. It was for all newly inbound students (the people for the other districts around the world that are living in Colorado for their exchange year), their host families, outbound students (people like me from d.5450 going to different parts of…
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The One Where I Go Slowly Out Of My Mind Waiting
At this point in my Brazil adventure I am on a visa adventure and stuck here in Aurora, Colorado. It is a long process for an American citizen to get a visa to be allowed to study in Brazil for one year. I will be going on a student visa, something which I do not…
Rotary Youth Exchange Pins
One of the traditions in RYE (Rotary Youth Exchange) is that each person makes one or several pins that represent their states and countries, and then these pins are exchanged with all the other kids exchanging in Rotary that you meet on your exchange. The pins are displayed on your blazer. Oh, and the blazers…
It’s Real
I am beyond being super excited right now because I have been Facebook stalking (as I usually do) and I found all of these Rotary Youth Exchange 2015-2016 groups (that’s me!!!) so I just thought I would share since I’ve been trying to be better about posting regularly to my blog. Hi, world. I have…
Some Exciting News!
Hi guys. I know I haven’t updated in a while, but I have some exciting news to share with everyone. I found out in January after I finished interviewing, but I didn’t want to post about it until now because I wanted to wait and finalize my college applications and see where I was accepted.…