The Most Peaceful and Enriching Experience in my Life!

Global Citizen Year is one of the most (if not the most) enriching experienes you will ever have in your life. I spent my Global Citizen Year in Senegal, Africa where I mainly partook in immersing my myself into the culture and learning French and Serere, an indigenous language. I also responsible for completing an apprenticeship teaching English at the local high school. Between work, there is a lot of free time to get to know the community and further strengthen your language skills. I lived 4mins away from the beach and spent lots of time with my host siblings as well as friends there. Understanding all the cultural norms and values was definitely challenging as I was only there for a year and had to learn the language first. Learning the a new cultural perspective definitely broadened my understanding of my own society and the world. It was absolutely the most peaceful year I had had in all my life and I came back to college well prepared with first hand knowledge of a lot of material that was fresh information for many of my peers.