Guatemala Reflections
Towards the end of our journey in Guatemala, our faculty director Scott Cloutier requested that we each reveal something that we learned about our study abroad group. Naturally, I was petrified. I have very acute social anxiety and—despite loving every single wonderful person on our bus that day—I wanted more than anything in the world to pull out my comfy Guatemalan blanket and hide. It was difficult for me to put everything we’d encountered together in just a few short phrases. It wasn’t until after we’d arrived back home that I was able to appreciate how this journey had mentally and emotionally changed me.
