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Each evening, the Student Leaders of the Day write a daily trip blog, sharing everything from funny moments and inside jokes to detailed recaps and deep reflections on their experiences. Family and friends back home leave supportive comments as they follow along. Explore some of our Alumni Interns’ favorite blogs from 2024 or search all student trip blogs below.

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Day 12: Final CAP Day

Pura Vida! This is Liam and Courtney, your final student LDD’s, here to recap today’s third and final CAP day! We woke everyone up…
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Day 5: Fun Day! (No. 2)

Day 4 in Turrialba was themed Fun Day. We begun the day with eating french toast and eggs for breakfast. Afterwards plans were to…
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Adventure begins!!!

Hello family and friends! We hope you are doing well! Mauricio and Larry here again. 19 glimpsers and 2 GG Leaders made it to…
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Community Action Project Day 2 (No. 2)

Hi Everyone!!! This is Sidra and Sahian. It was a great experience being leaders of the day. For me, Sidra, it was a helpful…

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Day 12 – Fun Day !! (No. 2)

Hi everyone!!! I’m Sachi, a rising senior at Dougherty Valley High School in San Ramon, California. Today I was leader of the day, along…
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The Beginning of an Adventure

Holà, dear followers of this adventure in the heart of Constanza! As our dear Lao Tzu once said: “The journey of a thousand miles…
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CAP Complete!!!

Helloooo! It’s the leaders of the day, Genise and Melvin! We started the day with a 7am wakeup call followed by Los Tres Golpes…
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Immigration Day (No. 4)

We woke up early again at 6:00 AM, while Drill Sergeant Jayden was out and about knocking on the doors. We were supposed to…
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Day 5 Aid & Development

Today we started the day with breakfast, then moved on with our meeting that informs us about what we will be doing throughout the…