Fellow Blog

By Coltrane Joseph
Youth Development Fellow, DREAM Project, Dominican Republic
 

Montessori Teaching Fellow, DREAM Project, Dominican Republic

From surfing to hiking the tallest peak in the Caribbean—here are my top 10 most memorable moments from my first six months abroad.

By Hannah To

EARTH Ventures Program Associate, EARTH University, Costa Rica

By Nina Paneque

Endeavor Intelligence Unit Associate, Endeavor Mexico, Mexico

By Katie Cooper

EARTH Futures Program Associate, EARTH University, Costa Rica

When I accepted an offer to work as a Princeton in Latin America Fellow at EARTH University in Costa Rica, I never thought that I would be on a farm in rural Uganda 25 minutes from the DRC or meet a Ugandan King during the course of my fellowship. As a PiLA Fellow at EARTH University in Costa Rica, I was able to live through these experiences and more on a recent work trip to Uganda with my team.

By Sydney Morris

Landscape Migratory Bird Monitoring Fellow, Osa Conservation, Costa Rica

By Liliana Lines

Arboretum and Campus Experience Fellow, Osa Conservation, Costa Rica

It's hard to believe our remote 2020-2021 Fellows have all finished their placements and that we're moving on to a brand new cycle of remote PiLA experiences! We're excited to be working again with partner organizations Endeavor Mexico, EARTH University, and Partners for Andean Community Health (PACH); all of whom hosted remote PiLA Fellows last year.

When I applied to Princeton in Latin America, I fully expected to be sent off to a remote community somewhere in Latin America. I was already preparing for exciting new foods, the embarrassing moments that naturally result from being a foreigner in a new culture, and most importantly, learning about international development at the local level.

We are thrilled to share with the PiLA Family that all our new PiLA Fellows have started their placements!

It’s been a whirlwind year for PiLA and for our valued partner organizations, but also for our program finalists for the 2020-21 fellowship year.

Although I'm less than halfway through my PiLA fellowship -- five months and one day to be exact -- I feel like I've become a member of both the community of Patzún, Guatemala and my host organization, the Women's Justice Initiative (WJI). To my surprise, it took only a few weeks for me to feel welcomed and settled as a member of the team, despite all the barriers I had created in my mind.

The PiLA Team is happy to report that all of our 2019-2020 PiLA Fellows have started their fellowship adventures!