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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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Constanza, we love you

We are so excited to have arrived in Constanza. We love how green and lush it is, and the cool weather is an added…
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Marco Pollo (Aka Margaret Frances)

Hi everyone! It’s your girls, Maggie and Victoria, here with the inside scoop of the Glimpsers’ day. Today’s theme was aid and development. We…
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FUN DAY!!! (No. 8)

Hola! Raygen and Rory here. Today we woke up at 8:00 am and had to say goodbye to Harold (our amazing health coordinator). Then…
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Working with the local community ☕️

Hello families and friends! Liya and Mathilde here! We had so much fun being the group leaders today! Today was an extremely productive day…

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Day 9 – Community Day

Hello Families, This is Lizzie and Miranda!! Today we went to visit and spend time with local Costa Rican families. We learned how to…
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Day 9: Fun Day! (No. 2)

Hello from Xoie and Lebron! Today we woke up at 6:50 and got the speaker from Liz to play music during our wakeup call…
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Vamos a Jarabacoa! ✈️

Hi, I’m Aileen, born and raised in the Bay Area California. Professionally, I’m a data scientist and have an Applied Mathematics degree from UC…
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Ready for an AWESOME trip????

Helloooo! My name is Madison Smits. You can call me Smits, Ms, Smits, Smitty, etc. I’m a 4th year English teacher at Burton High…
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Hi from Diego

My name is Diego Lopez. I attend Life Academy in Oakland, California. I am always up for something as long as someone is with…