Hey, my name is Jared and I'm a rising senior from Beaverton, Oregon. I've never been south of San Diego so I can't wait to touch down in Santiago in a few weeks. Along with three of you I'll be working at Acción Emprendedora. Antonio e-mailed our housing assignments today and Planos.cl—the Chilean Google Maps—reveals my future crib is happily a 10-minute walk from AE's headquarters in Providencia. So no 8:30 a.m. adventures on Transantiago for me.
Until June I'm working in Asheville and refreshing my Spanish by way of Sábado Gigante ("¡Hoy regalamos un Sonata de Hyundai!") and emol.com. I expect that a lot of my work will be done in English since I'm working on increasing AE's profile abroad, but that I'll speak much more Spanish in my non-work hours than I did when I studied in Madrid last fall. Apparently my host mother is a yoga instructor so I also hope to increase my 15" sit-and-reach and prepare for my hardest class next semester.
By Engaging...
Your efforts this summer will remain in the memory of those you help far beyond your departure.
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Hey y'all! Ok, so I'm no genius at figuring out this blog so I am commenting rather than leaving my own because I'm not sure how to leave my own note. How sad.
Anyway, moving on, my name is Katie Mahon and I'm from Rogers, Arkansas. (Northwest Arkansas, which is that state in between Missouri, Oklahoma, Lousiana, and Mississippi = ) I'm 21 and I'm a Public Policy major at Duke. As for extracurricular activities, mainly I dance. I grew up doing ballet/tap/jazz/lyrical/pointe/hip hop, and then I've gotten into African at Duke and Salsa/bachata when I was in Spain, and Flamenco. haha I just really love dancing. I'm looking forward to taking some new classes while we're in Santiago!! Let me know if anyone wants to join = )
Other than that, I'm just really excited about this summer ~ I'm super excited to see what our internships are going to be like, and all of our excursions sound amazing! I really love Santiago and am so happy to be going back. I'm really psyched to improve my Spanish, too. Unlike Jared, I will be living a 10 minute walk from the nearest bus, rather than a 10 minute walk from Accion's headquarters, but I'll deal haha. Can't wait to see all of you soon!! <3 Katie
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