Walking through the cornfields and uneven roads of Chaquijyá Central, I am always fascinated by the foreign influences that have somehow managed to permeate the isolated Mayan village where Manna Project focuses its programs. Local children learn minimal world history, yet I teach two Julio Cesarâ[...]
Posts Tagged ‘cross-cultural exchange’
Quito, Kiva, and the Delicious Results of Cross-Cultural Connectivity
Saturday afternoon I found myself bending over the kitchen table, squeezing shredded carrots into spring rolls... I have never made spring rolls from scratch before, and certainly was not expecting to when I moved to Ecuador. But let me tell you- these homemade Ecuadorian-Chinese spring rolls blow N[...]
Crossing Cultures: Madam Tooth Fairy, meet Sr. RatĂłn PĂ©rez
While I enjoy teaching here in Caracas, my favorite part of my grant work is serving as an unofficial ambassador of United States culture for my English-language institution, the Venezuelan-American Center. Among other presentations and projects, I work with teenage students studying at the Cente[...]
Day in the Life: Sponge Bob Makes Thanksgiving Slightly Unorthodox
While in Brazil, there have been few things I’ve missed from home. Fall is one of them. Nothing compares to the foliage and apple picking in the Northeastern U.S., not to mention the colors, smells, chilling air, and traditions. I didn’t carve a pumpkin this year, and I didn’t attend a Hal[...]
