Category Archives: Global Scholars

New Environments to Be

Living in Morocco for a month is completely different than living in America. The biggest difference I’ve seen is the amount of conservativeness in the country for women. I live in Agadir which is a main city for tourists so thankfully I got lucky being around other foreigners as well. I cover up in clothingContinue reading “New Environments to Be”

CATIE’s reach

Solidarity within cacao farmers here in Costa Rica consists of sharing information that they know regarding their crops. It is also seen as most farms have at least a small connection to CATIE, an agricultural research entity in Costa Rica. CATIE who we have interacted with has been aiming to improve the fermentation process ofContinue reading “CATIE’s reach”

The Center as a Home

Coming to Pavarotti Education Center was a completely new experience, in which I have learned about culture, community, and the environment here in Guatemala. These different “spheres” here in the center have demonstrated what it is like to live in a brand new environment, as well as get to know the surrounding location of SanContinue reading “The Center as a Home”

Structural Inequalities

The structural inequalities I have been in contact with here are a lack of financial stability, unequal pay, and opportunity, or corruption within the criminal system within the entire community. I can write a book on countries being “behind” and what it does to them compared to what we know and our knowledge. There isContinue reading “Structural Inequalities”

Costa Rica, Caco, and Structural Inequalities

Structural inequalities that keep popping up while here in Costa Rica is the inequalities that are present due to the tourism that is present here in Costa Rica. This can be seen extensively when it comes to the prices of foods and other commodities which more often than not cost more than they would inContinue reading “Costa Rica, Caco, and Structural Inequalities”

Describing my Cultural Community

In my experience in the Philippines, my cultural “environment” has been split into two. The first is the local community I interact with on a weekly basis when participating in volunteer projects and when we go diving in the locally governed marine protected areas. The second cultural environment consists of the staff and volunteers thatContinue reading “Describing my Cultural Community”

Reflecting on my experience

So far, it’s been one week since I completed my experience. I made excellent connections, in particular a remote research position with a medical student. My experience started a bit before the blogs, the first two weeks being entirely virtual. Albeit, it was also only roughly 2/3 hours a day as opposed to the allContinue reading “Reflecting on my experience”