Education changes everything.
What comes to mind when you hear the name Jordan? While Americans might reminisce about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, those outside the U.S. will think of a small country in the Middle East near nestled between Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia and the West Bank. Steeped in thousands of [...]
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Today is election day in Chile. Candidate posters plaster the streets and buildings, and every single business in the city of Santiago is closed so that everyone can have the opportunity to vote. Sadly for us, even the lavenderia (the laundry) at our hostel is shut down for the day. [...]
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While in Ecuador, my eye was caught by news of students and professors rioting in the capital city of Quito, as well as in the other major urban centers of Guayaquil and Cuenca. After seeing this on the news for days at a time, and then after seeing hundreds of students [...]
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