school work?!

The whole point of my program is that it's based on field work and experiential learning. The first section (which comes to an end next week) has been more classroom based but in two weeks I am moving down south to Temuco to live with an indigenous Mapuche family. 

After three weeks down south, we get to spend the final month wherever we want to, living with whoever we want to and studying whatever we want to... a little scary but I finally decided what I am going to research and if you know me at all, it really won't be a surprise.

I am going to volunteer at and research an organization called Teletón which helps children with physical disabilities. The handicap accessibility here is horrible and Teletón's whole mission is to empower people with debilitating diseases. I am going to look into how they help people here overcome all of the obstacles that this city throws at them.

If this goes well, my senior thesis will be a comparative piece which analyzes how non-profits in both Chile and the US help kids with physical disabilities. 

And that's the next year and a half of my life.