I leave for Quito in 8 days and am so excited to be going! I still can’t believe how soon I’ll be going, but little by little I’ve been preparing to go.

This last weekend I was at a conference in Tuscon, Arizona. It was pretty fun, and in order to prepare a little for [...]

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Hi everyone! I’ve got even more news about my internship and my host family today. I’m so very excited to be going! I had been wondering for a while who I would be living with, where in Quito they lived and where my program site would be at in the city. Today, though, I finally [...]

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Hi again! It’s been quite a while since I wrote last, but I’ll try to be more consistent!
From around the time I knew where I was going for my internship, I looked online for money belts. Most of them looked nice enough but I wanted to see one in person before buying it online. So [...]

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As finals week comes to a close, I’ve been thinking more about how I have been preparing to go to Quito and what I would suggest other people do if they’d like to go abroad, too. I can’t believe I’ll be there in a little over 3 weeks! Below are some of the ways I’ve [...]

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Hello everyone! I am very excited to begin this journey to Ecuador! I’m honored to be sharing my experience with all of you as I travel and work for a month in Quito. I will leave June 4th and return July 5th.
For now, though, it is the first day of May and nearly the end of [...]

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