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I just returned from my first trip to Brazil. Over the short time I was in São Paulo, I experienced quite a bit given the complexity and size of this massive city. My experience ranged from the high of the Bradesco Foundation’s sophisticated education technology research facility in Campinas to the low of Cracolândia, Land [...]
As part of my Spring semester as a graduate student at GWU, I will be focusing on Latin America the entire semester. I have been studying Africa and heavily involved in work on the African continent for several years and have only recently birthed a new interest and optimism for education, development, and political participation [...]
I’m back from Argentina. Went to Buenos Aires and Mendoza for about 10 days to kick back and enjoy a honeymoon. Yes, mine! Had a wonderful time and I highly recommend Argentina for food lovers, nature lovers, architecture lovers, and culture lovers. It’s a great place with lots of great people. Can’t wait to go [...]
“the most important thing about traveling is to leave one’s assumptions at home, and to empty oneself out as much as possible…to try to see the world through the eyes of people very different from oneself.”-Pico Iyer
International travel is one of my biggest passions. I love to experience other cultures and ways of life. Within the past couple of years my passion has been centered around Central and South America. The people are warm, hospitable, and the food is exciting. In 2009 I went to Peru, visiting Machu Piccu, Lima & [...]
I’m back from Peru and into the groove of life once again here in Washington DC. The trip was great, as expected, but more than that, it was an adventure outside my comfort zone. It was a shot in the arm and it gave me a hunger for more travel to South America & Central [...]
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