The bus ride home
I'm not entirely sure I was so surprised by my bus ride from Aguadulce back to Bogota. Normally I hang out with Doña Blanca, a shopowner...
Heads, Shoulders, Knees & Toes!
When I was still in high school, I was an assistant teacher for a preschool Chinese language class. I had gone to Chinese School myself,...
Substitute Teaching
This Wednesday, because Taylor, my fellow intern was out, I was asked to be a substitute teacher in Aguadulce. I don’t actually remember...
Building a Library
I grew up loving art, drawing, coloring, but especially painting. Something about it, creating something beautiful and unique and...
Creating a garden in Aguadulce
A few days ago, we all went to Choachi to help the kids create a tire vegetable garden in their school’s backyard. We started off...
Painting tires for the garden
Choachi is really a town in the clouds. My fellow intern and I got up bright and early in the morning to catch a bus out of Bogota into...
Community Art in QuininÃ
This past couple of days, the students and I have been working on a class mural in the Hacienda in which we have our classes. Originally,...
Festival Reflections
Sometimes art and learning takes place away from the classroom and away from the paint. Last weekend was a bit of a vacation from...
Creativity & Learning
Working with these kids really means that I have a million little stories that I could share every day but this week, a few really stood...
Vacation Classes in the Coffee Lands
Over the past few years, I have taught a variety of students ranging as young as four years old to the oldest at eighteen, in subjects...
