Author: rhenriquez@rollins.edu

My time in Brazil came to an end in the blink of an eye. Once again I understood the importance of living every single moment to the fullest because it all goes by before you know it. After about two years talking about study abroad and over a year trying to pick a country, I…

Unfortunately, my time in Brazil is coming to an end, but luckily, the last couple of weeks were probably the best so far. For the past three weeks, I was able to conduct research on the education of children who have sickle-cell disease in Salvador, Brazil, and it was such an amazing experience! It was…

Foods are some of the most interesting things about different cultures. Even though I believe that in many ways Brazilian food is very similar to the food of my home country, the Dominican Republic, some very popular foods here I had never tried before. My mom sent me a link to a list of 7…

About two weeks ago I arrived in the colorful city of Salvador and so far it is all I was waiting for. Before visiting a place I always Google it and to some extent create a physical expectation from the pictures I see. However, when I got to the places for which Salvador is known,…

The past few weeks have been filled with some of the things I like most: dancing, working with children, and being in Brazil! Almost two weeks ago, I got to visit another community project in a very challenged community. I got to work with the youngest and most amazing group of children and it was…

It’s a great feeling to take a class on a topic you really enjoy. However, I don’t think it has ever been this great of a feeling, that after struggling with my Portuguese for the first days of the program without having received any Portuguese lessons before, I now have about 3 weeks of intensive…

It has been a very interesting and exciting first week in Brazil. A few months ago at a gas station I asked the sales man something in English and he replied to me in Spanish. I asked him how he knew I spoke Spanish and he said, “because one knows.” Another time some months ago,…

Now, the moment I’ve been waiting for months, the moment I get to go and study abroad in Brazil. Yes, kinda late to start a semester. It’s carnival time in Brazil so they wait for it to pass… I know, I wish I could go to Carnival! After moving to the United States two and…