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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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La historia y la cultura

¡Hola a todos! It’s Claire and Josue here, the resident GGLs in Las Tablas. Today we spent our first full day in the city…
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Arrival, at last

After ten-plus hours of travel, these soldiers have made it onto the beautiful Dominican soil, landing at 1:43 AM. A bit tired, but excited…
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Mil Gracias Panama!

Estimadas familias, My name is Juliana and I have the honor of writing the last blog post of our first team to Las Tablas,…
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I’m Ready, Are You Ready?

Helloo! My name is Mayra Santacruz. I am transitioning from 11 to 12 grade, At Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy. Located at Los Angeles…
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Environmental Justice and Final CAP Seminar

Hello everyone! It´s Gabriel and Martin. For breakfast today, we had some very delicious french toast with some fruit to start off our informative…

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Learning to Serve in the DR

Hey everyone, today’s theme on day 4 was Aid & Development. In the morning we started our day off meeting Bernardo, the founder of…
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Aid & Development (No. 3)

Greetings, families! This is Christian, stepping up as the first solo Leader of the Day, ready to share our eventful day with you. Our…
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Day 11: CAP Day 2!

Buenos Noches from Ella and Tyler! We made it through day two of our CAP, the hardest day! We started our day at 7…
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Day 11 – CAP Day 2 (No. 2)

Hey everyone! This is Emi and Madeline! Today was the second day of our CAP project. We focused on painting the first layer inside…
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Beach day Fun Day

Waking up to the sunrise was the start of the day. We gathered everyone to get ready for this very exciting day. Our short…