by Jeannette | Jul 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
Nearly two months have passed now since we boarded the plane to Costa Rica. I didn’t know what to expect and perhaps, as a prospective student Dear Reader (if that is what you are), you are unsure as well. After this little blog there are two more entries before I am...
by Jeannette | Jul 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
There are good weeks. These weeks leave you feeling a sense of accomplishment and pride—a knowledge that time has passed and you’ve leapt forward into new territory, conquered fading enemies, completed missions, made new connections, even found a niche in the world...
by Jeannette | Jul 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
We are now more than half way through our Costa Rican experience and this past week was spent in an intensive, collaborative medical product design quick course. With twenty Costa Rican engineering students from a variety of majors, representing the major universities...
by Jeannette | Jul 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Let me tell you a story. A Costa Rican man wakes before dawn. His family, wife and five children, sleep soundly though the house—open to the outside as there is no door—is warm, the air sticky and filled with the buzz of insects. He pulls a long sleeve shirt...
by Jeannette | Jul 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
While we (Michael, Erica, and myself) were sitting in the hot springs in Arenal this past Saturday, Michael asked us what the most challenging part of the internship has been. The answer was simple and immediate: the language barrier. I speak rudimentary Spanish. When...
