I graduated from William & Mary in December of 2009, and was far from ready for the stereotypical, dreaded office job that characterizes post-graduation. A fellow student had told me about Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos, an international nonprofit that provides food, housing, and an education to over 3300 abandoned or children in nine homes throughout Central, South America, and the Caribbean. I was accepted into the Guatemala home and arrived in January 2010 to begin immediate work as an English teacher for 5 classes – ranging in age and level from preschool to 8th grade.
I spent the following 13 months at NPH: a transformational experience both professionally and personally and fell in love with the home and Guatemala. After completing my 13 months at NPH, I decided to embark on a new journey with fellow alumni, Jed Talvacchia (WM ’08) before returning to the States.
When I think back to my time at William and Mary, I often think about the individuals that made the place so wonderful. It
In Guatemala, the main form of transportation is on “chicken buses” or camionetas, old US school buses transformed into brightly colored buses carrying crowds
I haven’t been so great on writing a blog, and for that, I apologize. I wanted my entries to relate to William and Mary
Over-sized backpacks, long bus rides, late night conversations in crowded hostels, and some of the craziest adventures and most beautiful places I’ve ever seen.
I love William and Mary but I find myself returning to DC for Halloween. Since I was little, my family has always taken the
This past weekend was William and Mary's homecoming. The way I felt last year around this time mirrors how I still feel about the
Ah Green and Gold Affair. Around this time four years ago, William and Mary hosted its first Green and Gold Affair, a campus-wide formal
Founded in the late 17th century, the College has
created and preserved strong traditions, many of which fall around or near
commencement weekend. One of my
It all started off as a requirement for one of my psychology
courses: a small asterisks on the syllabus denoting that we would have to