GMI Student Blogs

This week started off on a great note as we went to the Britt Coffee Tour in Heredia on Sunday. Then, as the week progressed, it became more and more interesting. Raniyah and I switched from Radiology into Pharmacy. It was deifnitely super sad for us because we felt...

¡Hola a todos! This week I will be writing about my weekend trip to Britt Coffee and giving updates about my work at Establishment Labs. Here are my highlights and lowlights of the week: Highlights: Our Britt Coffee tour guide Luis Strawberry overnight oats Making...

Bacteria Staining and Blood Smearing This week I started our second week of internship at Clinica Biblica Hospital. Monday through Wednesday, Laurel and I finished up our rotation in the Microbiology Lab shadowing Gabriel and Carla. One of the highlights of this week...

Overview of the Week This week was our first full work week. Over the weekend, we visited the Jade Museum in San Jose, ate more local food, and got trapped in the rain a few times! This week I was assigned my official role and tasks for the internship which I am very...

¡Hola a todos! This week I will be writing about my second week at Establishment Labs, where I was finally able to get started on my assigned projects! Here are my highlights and lowlights of the week: Highlights: Finally getting access to my work laptop Getting...

  After finishing the first week of our internship, we all decided to take the weekend to relax and explore the San Jose area a little bit. On Saturday, we went to the Jade Museum near our hotel. It highlighted the different uses of pre-Columbian Jade artifacts...

First things first: Friday night after my last post Raniyah and I went does to the kitchen to get our Pops Chocolate Brownie ice cream from the freezer, only to find it stolen. Tears. Sadness. Oh the woes of sharing a communal kitchen. Don't worry, they've been...

Hello and welcome back to another one of my weekly blog posts! Let's jump straight into business shall we? Jade Museum and La Tortillería Over the weekend, Haruto and Vanessa ubered down to San Jose, and then as an entire group we visited the Museum of Jade in...

After finishing the bootcamp, we took a break and went to visit Arenal Volcano. Along the way we stopped at Sarchi and saw the largest oxcart in the world and a park in Zarcero with very fun shrubbery. Then we had a delicious lunch with the best pineapple juices...