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A weekend trip to Quebec City seemed like a good opportunity to try out some black & white film for the first time. The city was beautiful and we we had a great time exploring the old town. I dredged up some of my old French from the time I lived in Lyon, France, but I was lucky to have a talented French-speaking travel companion!
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While living in Kenya for four months, I was able to go on three safaris to Meru National Park, Samburu National Reserve, and Hell’s Gate National Park. At Hell’s Gate we biked through the park among all of the animals and took a hike through a slot canyon that was the inspiration for the wildebeest stampede scenery in The Lion King. It start pouring rain during our climb out of the canyon and the bike paths were flooded in water up to our thighs on the route back. We had to get back to Nairobi so we trudged through anyway. It was an unforgettable day.
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In 2011, I spent four months working in Meru, Kenya for a small nonprofit, the Miriam Kanana Mubichi Foundation. I got to take on a number of responsibilities and projects and my favorite experiences were the times I spent teaching health and art classes to primary school students, researching malnutrition in a local hospital, and volunteering at a SOS Kindergarten. While there I lived with a four year old sister, her dog Fluffy, and her grandfather.
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I’ve been to the Dominican Republic three times now, both as a student and a teaching assistant, with the Social Enterprise Institute. While there we partnered with Esperanza International, a local microfinance institution, to interview loan recipients and offer Esperanza suggestions to improve their programs. We traveled all over the country conducting interviews and these are some of the incredible people I met along the way.
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I couldn’t help but fall in love with South Africa. Everything about it was beautiful–the languages, the people, the city, the food. It was like no where I had ever been before. The following photos were taken over two month-long trips to Cape Town and Durban, South Africa. I know I’ll make it back there again one day.
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In 2010 I spent four months studying at CEFAM in the beautiful city of Lyon, France. The following photos were taken between there and short trips to Marseilles, Paris, Avignon, Strasbourg, and Trélou-sur-Marne.
