Spring Break Adventures
Hi everyone! I’m back! Here’s the update… Last week I was on spring break! Crazy how it is flipped due to the change in the climate. My spring break started by going to the World Cup Field Hockey Tournament for…
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Mountain Villages, Independence Day, and the 19th Annual Enchilada Fair
The last few weeks have been amazing! I visited an indigenous community that Someone Somewhere collaborates with, attended a Mexico Independence Day party with my coworker’s family, and went an enchilada fair! The visit to Naupan, the indigenous community in…
Spooky Season in Spring
Holis! I am entering my final month of living in Argentina and am in full denial. Like full blown pushing back my flight/dishing out wishful thinking to my friends that maybe I could stay until my Lumos presentation on November…
Home town activities
Hello everyone! It’s been two weeks since I posted last! Can you believe it! Time is flying by! I am already a third done with my trip! Over the last two weeks, I have had a lot of downtime. Wow,…
accepting an invitation to initiate
Hello there! Many blessings to you today! In all honesty, I come to you in this post with a handful of sweet memories to share but also with overworked armpits because of all the sweating they’ve been doing lately…because…
Quick Trip Home
I flew back to Panama from Nashville last Thursday and have been getting settled again. Believe it or not, I was able to bring back my sewing machine, longboard, and full-size blender from home. Had to leave my cast iron…
Clickbait: The World’s Largest Ice Cream Cone
Que onda! Welcome back to the blog, thanks for checking in 🙂 I am feeling quite daunted by the blank page ahead of me, so I’ve decided to break down my updates by topic this week, starting with… Doula Updates:…
Cape Town quirks
Hello again! These past few weeks have been very laid-back. It has allowed me to read other Lumos travelers’ blogs and enjoy the slow life here. I have also been introduced to some of the challenges of living in Cape…
September — Kick off of the holiday season!
Wow, the last two weeks have been filled with so many amazing experiences! From getting to speak on a panel with former Fulbright Scholars to the new cohort of Fulbright Scholars in Mexico, to work trips to one of Mexico’s…
my first day at the village
Hi from Uganda once more! Hehe it has taken a few weeks for me to join the bandwagon, but I am writing this post while sipping on a Ugandan staple—chai! Essentially (as I understand it at least), chai is what…