Category Archives: Gap Year Fellows

If there’s one piece of advice that I’ve learned over the last year and that I’d give to other students planning their gap year, it’s to trust yourself. I’ve always been an overly introspective and critical person which I know many people my age are. We’re young and naive and often many of us haveContinue reading “Take My Advice”

Because of the nature of Italy and its abundance of amazing art, the number of breathtaking masterpieces I encountered while there was astounding. However, the piece that branded itself into my brain and made a permanent mark was the Statue of David located in the Galleria dell’Accademia. Though I had a list of things doContinue reading “Resonating Through Art”

A big part of my journey on my gap year was the encounters I had with people along the way. One of the greatest interactions I had along my journey was in Milan. I had just arrived at my hostel and I wasn’t very familiar with the area and seeing as it was dark out,Continue reading “The People You Meet”

When starting my gap year, my main goals were to learn a new language and gain a sense of independence. As I prepare for the start of my freshman year of college, I feel successful in those goals. In regard to language learning, I feel especially content. This is because with my time I wasContinue reading “Progressing Towards My Goals”

There is so many beautiful things that happened this year, none of which I planned on doing when I mapped out my gap year. I originally decided to obtain my certification to give nutrition coaching. However, once I finished that exam and gained self efficacy, I saw a new side of myself I had neverContinue reading “Growing into the woman I was meant to be.”

As my gap year rears its end and my adventures abroad have temporarily come to a close, I’m back home and I wanted to share what an average day in my life has been like in Miami, Florida. I begin my day at around 7 A.M.—something I can’t say is normal on the weekends—and makeContinue reading “A Day in My Life”

One of my most emotional yet memorable moments during my gap year was getting lost on the train in a foreign country with no internet. For the rest of my life, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forget the amount of fear, anxiety, and relief a series of unfortunate events brought me thatContinue reading “A Memorable Moment”

Probably the most shocking revelation of the past twelve months spent on my gap year has been about how much beauty and art surrounds me. When starting my gap year journey, I made it a goal of mine to focus on my creativity because I felt like I had neglected it for much of myContinue reading “Beautiful Revelations”

As I inch closer and closer to the 1-year anniversary of me graduating high school, one thing has become abundantly clear: the June 2021 version of me is completely different from who I am now…well, sort of. When I graduated last year, I was a scared, freshly 18-year-old girl, who didn’t know if making theContinue reading “A Graduated Perspective”