Author Archives: acs17
Acostumbrándome a la vida chilena
My first two weeks back in Chile after my weird one-week vacay in the States were pretty crazy. After we landed in Santiago on Monday the 2nd, Katie and I went home to nap for an hour or two before … Continue reading
América Solidaria in the News
Happy Saturday! Below are a couple of links to some news articles/website posts that talk about the U.S. volunteers for América Solidaria and the September 2014 Volunteer Class. This article (in Spanish) from a Chilean newspaper, La Segunda, talks about our … Continue reading
“Para que cambie el mundo, hay que cambiar yo.”
This post sums up a lot of my thoughts immediately following orientation. It has been a week or two since I wrote this entry, but I thought it would be fitting to revisit some of the things I learned and … Continue reading
Week Two of Orientation
We left on Tuesday the 19th for a retreat in Farellones, about an hour outside of Santiago. The first day, we watched a few clips (one being Braveheart WHOO ENGLISH) of different examples of leadership styles and we came up … Continue reading
D.C. & Week One of Orientation
Hi all! Apologies for the delay in posting. The past month has been NUTS – packed up my stuff in Florida, flew to D.C., met the América Solidaria U.S. staff and other U.S. volunteers, had lots of meetings, flew to NYC, … Continue reading
Headed back to Santiago!
Hello to my wonderful friends and family! I decided to revive my blog from my semester abroad, since I will be returning to Santiago for a year-long professional fellowship with América Solidaria. América Solidaria is an NGO that focuses on eliminating poverty and … Continue reading
“No Hay Nada Como Santiago”
(I have been developing this entry in my head for the past few months, but I wrote a good chunk of it at the airport. Enjoy! PS: this entry is a short novel…my apologies.) I have thought about this entry … Continue reading
Buenos Aires, Argentina
I arrived in BA around 10:30am on Wednesday the 4th, after paying the $160 reciprocity fee and crying inside. My two friends staying at the hostel with me weren’t arriving until that night, so after I took the hostel shuttle … Continue reading
“School’s…out…for…summer!”
“School’s…out…for…ever!” So, the reason why this entry has been so delayed is because I have been SO freaking busy. My last day of class at Catolica was on the 22nd, and we also had the CIEE Cena de Despedida that … Continue reading
A Chilanga in Chile 