Tag: Global Citizen Year

Amanda Langan: Why I’m Going To Ecuador

When I tell people I’m taking a gap year in Ecuador instead of going straight to college, there are two types of responses I...

Nic Freschi Finds A New Family In Ecuador

Many study-abroad programs come with a requirement that you live with a foreign host family. Sometimes, the experience can be jarring--like that Christopher Durang...

Nic Freschi Checks In From Ecuador

Nic Freschi, Verona High School Class of 2011, has gone to Ecuador on a gap year program through Global Citizen Year. He's been placed...

The View From Ecuador

Nic Freschi, who graduated Verona High School with the Class of 2011, has arrived in Quito, Ecuador to begun his gap year program with...

What VHS 2011 Is Doing: Gap Year, Ecuador

Slowly, slowly, the Verona High School class of 2011 is beginning to leave town. Some for colleges in the United States, some for colleges...

Tess Langan Finds The Unexpected In Senegal

Tess Langan was inspired to spend a year between high school and college by New York Times columnist Nick Kristof. So imagine her surprise...
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