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Katie Boyer is the Volunteer Abroad Director for Go Overseas. She recently joined Justin Jones on The Radical Travel Podcast to discuss How (and Why) to Volunteer Abroad. Be sure to listen to the podcast for more great volunteer abroad info! Volunteering abroad is something everyone should get to experience at least once in their life. It’s the perfect way [...]
I quickly realized that getting accepted into the Peace Corps was the easy part. Embodying and living by the virtues of a true Peace Corps volunteer was significantly harder. Nothing up until this point of my journey had shaken my nerves, not nearly missing my plane, not my luggage issues, and not even getting lost [...]
“What do you want to do when you grow up?” As a fifth grader I remember this question always made me feel so much dissatisfaction and guilt because I never knew what to say. I’d make a halfhearted choice based on what I knew was available, a doctor, a lawyer, a teacher perhaps? Growing up [...]
“I don’t understand how it works. It doesn’t make any sense!” I could see a slight smirk forming in the corner of his mouth as if to challenge me to justify my professional choices. I’ll bet that anyone who has been working as an English Teacher for more than a day will, at some point [...]