Ask Taina!

Global Awareness recently had the opportunity to talk with Taina (they/them), a 25 year old au pair from Brazil about their experience as a member of the LGBTQ au pair community, how others can become more informed and what we can all do to be good allies. Here is what they told us: [...]

By |2022-06-16T16:19:16-04:00June 10th, 2022|Blog|Comments Off on Ask Taina!

Yeseul and Sara travel to North Carolina

I traveled to Wilmington, North Carolina with a Colombian Au pair, Sara. We were very excited for our first trip in the U.S. However, it was not going as easily  as we thought. We had a car accident five minutes  before we arrived at our hotel to do check-in. So, we needed to spend two [...]

By |2016-09-06T19:52:27-04:00September 6th, 2016|Learn about the U.S.|Comments Off on Yeseul and Sara travel to North Carolina

Cali-Zona! By Jutta Fertl

My summer trip turned out to be a one week backpacker trip to California and Arizona. Arriving at LAX in July, my first stop was Santa Monica where i stayed close to the Santa Monica Pier at a hostel. I enjoyed the beach, made friends at the hostel and went out to great restaurants. That [...]

By |2016-09-06T19:51:17-04:00September 6th, 2016|Learn about the U.S.|Comments Off on Cali-Zona! By Jutta Fertl

Friends from Thailand and China Visit Niagara Falls

My summer travels Last month, before my friend left for China, we took a tour from Chinatown,NY to Niagara falls. After lunch we went to see Watkins Glen state park. Glen creak has a carved  gorge. We walked slowly on the narrow, long trail.. We saw the rock’s layers and have drops of water from [...]

By |2016-09-06T19:49:58-04:00September 6th, 2016|Learn about the U.S.|Comments Off on Friends from Thailand and China Visit Niagara Falls

A Trip to Tennessee, Kimberlie Hosli

Summer travels I was invited to travel to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, with my hostfamily. We went to Dolly Parton’s amusement park, Dollywood a couple of times. But I wasn’t thinking about writing about dollywood or pigeon forge. During my 2 days off, I rented a car and drove for 4 hours to Nashville. I have [...]

By |2016-09-06T19:43:13-04:00September 6th, 2016|Learn about the U.S.|Comments Off on A Trip to Tennessee, Kimberlie Hosli

Gisella from Brazil visits a 2nd grade class!

In addition to taking care of 5 children and one dog, Gisella, an au pair extroadinaire, found the time to visit a second grade classroom in order to introduce the children to her homeland, Brazil.  “I had so much fun,” she said and then proceeded to tell me all the things she did with the kids.  Starting [...]

By |2016-09-26T21:15:14-04:00August 18th, 2013|Meet Your Global Neighbor|Comments Off on Gisella from Brazil visits a 2nd grade class!
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