Written By Amara Payne (The George Washington University), Student Correspondent for CET Colombia, Spring 2022 Walking through the streets of Cali. feels like a breath of fresh air. Sitting in my first day of orientation, new people, new faces, and new sounds surround me as I take in our segment for the day; Safety in Cali. […]
To Call Cali Home
Written By Jermoyah Parkinson (Bowdoin College), Student Correspondent for CET Colombia, Spring 2022 I would have never thought that I would be in Cali, Colombia after all of this time. Surviving a global pandemic has been a difficult transition for everyone, especially those who wanted to travel abroad. For the first year at least, I worried […]
Black Girl Abroad: How I Learned to Relinquish My Hold on Forced Identity
Written By Regine Miller (Howard University), Student Correspondent for CET Colombia, Spring 2020 I have left the United States many times. Probably more times than many people my age. I am familiar with the mixed feeling of excitement and nervousness as I wave goodbye to my parents, and seeing the prideful tears in their eyes […]
Why I Didn’t Want to be Another White Girl in Spain
Written by Sophie Hastings (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Student Correspondent for CET Colombia, Spring 2020 “Wait, are you sure about Latin America?”, “Isn’t it dangerous?”, “You mean Columbia, South Carolina?” “What about Spain?” These are just a few of the questions I received when I decided to look for study abroad […]
What It’s Like to Wake up 2,500 Miles Away From Home
Written by Francesca D’Arista, (Williams College), Student Correspondent for CET Colombia, Spring 2020 The night I flew to Colombia was both bittersweet and exhilarating. I realized I was an adult when I was the only one, between me and my mom, who could carry my luggage down my apartment stairs. We argued over it from […]
Transcendental Love
Written by Jonah Bolton (Kalamazoo College) Student Correspondent for CET Colombia, Fall 2019 I thought I would be immune to the emotional ups and downs that my university described would come with the study abroad process. I’m an international studies major studying internationally, and I love to meet new people and experience new things. Despite the protection I […]