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Coming Alive in a Context of Deep Suffering: Discerning my Vocation
My time at Santa Clara has introduced me to the word “vocation” and I have slowly begun to understand it more and more. Yet understanding of the meaning has not come hand in hand with deep clarity of what exactly my vocation is. Still, in the past four years I have gained deep knowledge about … Continue reading
Mujeres con Motivacion: Women’s Commitees of Fundacion Paraguaya
I sat in a cold damp room surrounded by women asking questions about the women’s committee they had just formed in which they would receive collective loans. The sounds of Guarani spun around the room and I watched the baby pigs wrestling outside frustrated at my inability to understand the language. “What am I doing … Continue reading
Ruined for Life… Casa de la Solidaridad
I arrived at Santa Clara freshmen year eager to get involved in every single possible thing. I was that girl who signed up for every single service program through SCCAP, told my friends I might not be home for break cause I wanted to go on an immersion, looked into summer options months ahead of … Continue reading
Leadership Camp to International Development
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards.. summer leadership camp, scholarship, interviews, senior counselors, junior counselors, team building, learning about yourself, friends, family, love…best week of your life. “You should apply for RYLA” my high school counselor told me. I didn’t have time in the middle of Junior year to apply for anything but she kept nagging. Little … Continue reading
Shoot for the moon…
..even if you miss you’ll land amongst the stars How did I get here you ask. So many moments, people, questions, inspirations. But the base of it all starts with my family. Especially my mom and brother, my greatest cheerleaders. They are the most fundamental reason I am where I am today, the reason that … Continue reading
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