"You don't have to dedicate your life to a cause in order to leave the world a better place- it just took traveling 1,000 miles to fully understand the stone I can add to the pile."

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Lindsey Shavers

"If it wasn’t for the courage that I gained to step outside of my comfort zone, I would have never been introduced to the next step in my career. You should never let fear of the unknown stop you from moving forward with life, and you never know how something could benefit you if you fail to take that chance!"

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Lindsey Shavers

"Since Brazil still has the largest population of black citizens, subsequent to Nigeria, the culture in Brazil is largely due to their African heritage."

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Lindsey Shavers

"It is easy to get bogged down in the hustle and bustle of work and responsibilities, but Pedro reminded me that it is important to take time to talk to others, learn, and explore a little."

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Lindsey Shavers

"As a person who has been to few places around the world, this experience once again proves my belief that traveling is about how we want to cultivate our experience in a different place and enrich our perspectives in life."

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Lindsey Shavers

"It’s the blessings we find in the storm, a sentence, a smiling face, a new friend, a journal entry, a thought, a swaying hip, a newborn baby, toes in the sand, crying eyes, hot sunny days, oppression, dreams, power, marginality, vision, incarcerated women, gender, kites in the sky, and love. I am hopeful. I am forever changed."

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Lindsey Shavers

"Never in my life did I think I would live in Australia for 6 months. I thought I would check it off my bucket list by the time I was forty, and here I was getting on an over 13-hour flight to travel over 10,000 miles by myself. Honestly my time abroad was the best time of my life!"

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Lindsey Shavers

"From the business execs to our tour guides to the folks on street, everyone was so happy to make our acquaintance. And it wasn’t that fake happy that we saw all too often in America where people are nice because they feel that they are required to be nice. These folks were genuinely excited to share their companies, their thoughts, and their country with American students."

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Lindsey Shavers

"My first time in a religiously dominated country, I quickly grew familiar with the 5:30am prayer calls megaphoned throughout the cities of Chefchaouen, Fez, and Marrakech."  

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Lindsey Shavers

“These words describe two young girls from Nevis who taught me the true meaning of friendship.“  

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Lindsey Shavers

"They say that to travel is to live,
And during my month in Vienna and Budapest,
that's exactly what I did."  

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Lindsey Shavers