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Apr 29 2025
Welcome to our blog about our experience in Puerto Rico, where our focus is on Hispanic Identities and Resilience. Over the next three weeks, you will hear from students about la brega in Puerto Rico. Brega and bregar are distinctly Puerto Rican words that mean to struggle, to overcome, to persevere, to deal with… all rolled into one word. We invite you to follow us as we connect, learn, explore, and grow over the next three weeks.
The photo below is of La Perla, a neighborhood outside the walls of Old San Juan. In the background on the hill you can see El Castillo San Felipe del Morro, often referred to as simply El Morro.
In week two of our trip, our class went on its first train ride in Northern Ireland, and some of us rode a train for the first time! We were on our way to one of Northern Ireland’s more famous...
At the start of our final week, we traveled from Corrymeela to downtown Ballycastle Harbor to meet the ferry that would take us to Rathlin Island. For some of us, it was our first time on a boat. The ride...
By Hillary Harder This week for our final group trip during the Study period, we traveled to the western edge of the Amazon rainforest. This was our first time leaving the central sierra region of Ecuador and traveling to a…