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Student Trip Blogs

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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We Outside To Costa Rica

Yurr! My name is Jean I’m excited that I’ll be going to Costa Rica this summer with friends and other students. I’m an upcoming…
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THATS A CAP!

Hi, we’re Janize and Zahra. We’re the 2 Leaders of the day for the last full day in Constanza. Today we woke up at…
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hiii everyone

Hey there! My name is Daniela Vazquez and I’m from Queens, New York. A few things about me are that I go to High…
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Off we go!!

Hi everyone!! My name is Priscilla. I go to Springfield Central High School. I’m an avid enthusiast of crochet and sewing. Music is my…
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Community Action Project Day 2 (No. 3)

Today we woke up at our usual time of 7 AM and headed straight to breakfast. After we took the bus to the school…

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A Day with ASCALA, Learning Empathy & Awareness

¡Hola familia y amigos! This is Bernijah and Milan all the way from Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic. We started our day off with a…
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Hello (No. 10)

Hello everyone! My name is Miguel, and I am a rising senior attending Mendez High School in Los Angeles. I have lived in LA…
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Hello!! (No. 11)

Hi, my name is Destheny and I attend Mendez High School in Boyle Heights. I was born in Orange County but raised in East…
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History and Culture day (No. 2)

Holaaaaaaa!!!! Hi everyone, today we had an amazing experience at Cartago Down Town. Cartago was the capital of Costa Rica from 1563 to 1824,…
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Final day: Panama Canal

As Leaders of the Day, our day began at 6:30 am, we woke the very young people up and began packing. We had our…