Category Archives: Student Blog Post

‘‘Pagaré con mi vida, la lealtad del pueblo..  La patria esta erida pero no vencida.”  “I will pay with my life t [...]

Although I acknowledged that we are going to visit the memorial museum, called “Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos” in Spanish, [...]

The first day I arrived to Valparaiso, my host mother and I were drenched by the first rains of the winter season. As soon as we entered the [...]

In the United States citizens often see graffiti as a nuisance, as something that takes away from the beauty of their city, but in Chile it [...]

While being here in Chile, one thing that has really stood out to me is how radical and politically active the people are. Movements such as [...]

When I was preparing for our trip to Valparaiso, Chile for a short month-long study abroad I was thinking of myself. How much fun I was goin [...]

For the last few weeks, I’ve been in Valparaiso, Chile, working with students at the Escuela Uruguay, a primary school for “at-r [...]

In the weeks leading up to my departure for Chile, I found myself looking up pictures of Vina Del Mar and Valparaiso. I scanned through the [...]

Before taking this class, I knew very little about Chile. From our literacy circles and class discussions, I am now becoming more familiar w [...]

Before I embarked on my adventure to Chile, our professor gathered us and asked us a couple of questions that mentally provoked some thought [...]