Aero: Kelsey Hamilton – France 2014 – My Expectations

Aero: Kelsey Hamilton – France 2014 – My Expectations Growing up in the small town life, experiencing culture can be rare, but for me I got lucky. I grew up around Irish and Hispanic cultures, enjoying the language, food, and lifestyles not realizing how having those experiences would open my mind, and encourage me to […]

Aero: Gabrielle Johnson – France 2014 – My Expectations

Aero: Gabrielle Johnson – France 2014 – My Expectations Being raised in a very diverse family has allowed me to be an extremely culturally aware individual. I come from a multi-cultural African-American family. I have always considered my multi ethnic background to be an asset. My diverse heritage has definitely shaped the way in which I view the world. I […]

Aero: Katie Zawisa – Costa Rica 2014 – Life at School

Aero: Katie Zawisa – Costa Rica 2014 – Life at School When I was told that I’d be taking a Spanish class while in Costa Rica, I got nervous. I was picturing, what I think of as a typical classroom, chairs and desks all in rows with the teacher at the chalkboard and at least […]

Aero: Katie Zawisa – Costa Rica 2014 – Food and Dining

Aero: Katie Zawisa – Costa Rica 2014 – Food and Dining Food was plentiful in my house. After every meal I felt like I needed a nap because I was so full I swore there was no way I would be able to walk. Rice was eaten at breakfast, lunch and dinner. The whole time […]

Aero: Katie Zawisa – Costa Rica 2014 – Family Life

Aero: Katie Zawisa – Costa Rica 2014 – Family Life Have you ever meet people who were just so intoxicating, you couldn’t help but like them right away? Well that was my family. I lived in a house with Sharon Salas, her father and mother, “Mama-tita.” My host mother was Sharon but by the time […]

Aero: Katie Zawisa – Costa Rica 2014 – City Life

Aero: Katie Zawisa – Costa Rica 2014 – City Life This city fit like a glove for me. I’ve always had that piece of me that’s wanted to live in a city but never thought I could make it in huge and expensive New York or Boston. Colorful buildings that are typically 1-2 stories high […]

Aero: Katie Zawisa – Costa Rica 2014 – Biodiversity

Aero: Katie Zawisa – Costa Rica 2014 – Biodiversity For never being off of the East Coast of the U.S. and only going south of Kentucky three times in my life, I’d say this biodiversity was a new experience. Volcanoes, lagoons, rainforest, cloud forest, more forests and THE PACIFIC OCEAN! The Pacific Ocean, finally! Yea, […]

Aero: Katie Heubusch – Costa Rica 2014 – Biodiversity

Aero: Katie Heubusch – Costa Rica 2014 – Biodiversity Buffalo is notoriously frigid with boatloads of snow during the winter. Costa Rica was a nice escape. I think people sometimes underestimate how beautiful the United States is. The biggest problem is, several people are not privileged enough, or are too ignorant to travel to see […]

Aero: Katie Heubusch – Costa Rica 2014 – Food and Dining

Aero: Katie Heubusch – Costa Rica 2014 – Food and Dining Oh my gosh. The food. Food was a huge part of the Costa Rican experience. I am a vegetarian, and I have been for five years. I thought it might be difficult to get by, and sadly I had to break my no-fish eating, […]

Aero: Katie Heubusch – Costa Rica 2014 – City Life

Aero: Katie Heubusch – Costa Rica 2014 – City Life Life in Alajuela was very different from what I’m used to. I come from Buffalo, but I live in a suburb so I’m well immersed in city life, but I live in a quiet neighborhood with fairly large houses. The population of my city with […]