I am days away from embarking on my study abroad and internship opportunity to London and I have been contemplating how my identity will change throughout my time there. First, I should begin with identifying how my identity can influence my experience of the world; above all the way one experiences another culture largely depends…
Mid-Semester Break
Kia Ora! I write this on the Monday post-break and it has been wonderful to sit and regroup from a long week. I started my break by going up to Oamaru (a little over an hour north of Dunedin) to see the Blue Penguin Colony. These little guys are the smallest types of penguins in…
IDENTITÉ: Exploring the idea of identities… CAPA London pre-departure
IDENTITÉ: Exploring the idea of identities (my own, and others’) through zine and collage I’ve been itching to study abroad, and to do so in London at CAPA couldn’t make any more sense than it already does — I am a liberal-minded art history student and artist, as well as a music enthusiast. My identity…
Pre-Departure Blog: Rome
My identity, being that of a liberal, college attending, middle-class, Hispanic woman, definitely affects the way I see the world. Due to being a minority I can quickly understand and empathize with other minority groups around the world that are faced with obstacles brought on by the majority groups. Also, my liberal political stances and…
In New Zealand
Kia ora!* I have spent an incredible two months in New Zealand so far. It honestly doesn’t feel like it’s been two months and I do miss home, but not as much as I thought I would. It’s mid-semester break right now, and still cold for a FL girl. So let’s catch up shall we?…
Pre-Departure Blog: Rome
I think that your own identity certainly influences your experience of the world. Everybody has their own individualized identity and sense of self that they carry with them where ever they are in this world and this identity acts as a lens through which I, and others, see the world. I have a personal…
Departure Post
I have always been someone who loves to experience new things. My whole life I have been curious about places I have never been, people I have never met, and things I have never experienced. This love for new things has led me to be a very outgoing person who will interact with nearly anyone…
Pre Departure
Well, it’s been a long summer, but finally my semester abroad is here. I’m writing from the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport, waiting for my flight to Tokyo to begin boarding. Although part of me was just procrastinating, I think I made a good decision in waiting until the last minute to write my pre-departure blog post….
Capital Bound
Over the past couple years, I have been blessed with the opportunity to study politics at Rollins with the help of faculty and peers, but now I find myself at the beginning of an even greater opportunity to experience American politics in action. Four days from now I will travel 850 miles north to our nation’s…
Pre Departure Thoughts
While preparing for New Zealand I find myself trying to research what I will actually need for cold weather. Being that I finished growing up in the Florida I have not had to deal with layers, wool socks, thermo-rain jackets etc. I am so nervous/excited to embark in this new adventure/chapter of my life and…