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Trust Me, The World’s Not Ending…
Mexico, North America
This past summer, I spent six weeks in the Mexican state of Yucatan in an intensive language program to learn Yucatec Maya, the most spoken of the living Mayan languages in Mexico with nearly a millio…
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Hello, there!
Global
Welcome, North Carolina educators! Fall semester has begun, which means Carolina Navigators is back in business. I created this website so UNC students participating in the Carolina Navigators program…
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Culture + Education = Limitless
Asia, India
As a child, whenever we had guests come over, my mother would always give away my bedroom and told me I had to sleep on with her and my dad. I remember I asked her one day why I always had to give up…
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Choose your lifestyle
Asia, China
My name is Zishu Chen, sophomore, majoring in Economics. I also hope to major in information science because I love pretty websites and interesting blogs. I grew up in Ningbo, a harbor city in China a…
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Alien in a Foreign Land
Asia, India
Hi! I am Alekhya Yechoor and I am a Biology major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I was born in India and lived there for the first five years of my life. When I moved to the U.S….
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A Year of Summer in The Lion City
Asia, Singapore
“It was a year of summer and adjusting to the extreme humidity, but it was also a year of academic and personal transformation, constantly learning and being exposed to new things from “fried carrot c…
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Friends Around the World!
Europe, German, Germany
Hello everyone! My name is Stevie Mathis and I am a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I was born and raised in the small town of Marion, which is located in Western North Ca…
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Finally off the East Coast
Europe, Spain
Hey everyone! My name is Olivia Miller. I’m from Alexandria, Virginia and a senior at UNC- Chapel Hill majoring in Global Studies with a concentration in International Politics and Political Movements…
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Up, Down and All Around!
Asia, Singapore
Hey out there! My name is Taylor Fulton and I am a proud Tar Heel at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and joined the Carolina family in 2009. I study Peac…
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International Life
Europe, Ireland
Hey y’all! My name is Elizabeth Lauffer and I am a senior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I was born and raised in Durham, Nort…
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A Thirst for Global Education
I always reflect fondly mostly harmonious diversity I grew up with in the suburbs of Atlanta. As a child of Jamaican immigrants, as I certainly noticed the difference between myself and many of the ot…
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All Around the World
Asia, Uzbekistan
Hi, everyone! My name is Ruksona Usmanova and I am a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill, double majoring in Global Studies with the concentration in Economics and European Union Intergration. I was born in Tas…