Growth in the Galapagos by Audrey Jenkins

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John  Carter  Brown  Library  @Princeton    

Wheaton  College  campus  Norton,  MA  

Literary  Friends    

2013  SILCS  Cohort  @  SILCS  Symposium  

Beinecke  @  Yale    

SUMMER  INSTITUTE  OF  LITERARY  &  CULTURAL  STUDIES   This  summer  I  had  the  joy  of  experiencing  the  growth  of  several  of  my  passions  while  teaching  piano  lessons,  voice  lessons,  and  English  on  the  island  of  San  Cristobal,  Galapagos.  As  a  volunteer  with  Performing  Arts  Abroad  and  Projects  Abroad  Ecuador,  I  spent  my  days  teaching  children  K-­‐12  and  forming  close  relationships  with  the  other  international  volunteers  there.  I  lived  with  a  Spanish-­‐speaking  host  family,  Hinding  a  second  home  with  some  of  the  most  caring  people  I  have  ever  met.  I  also  had  the  distinct  pleasure  of  receiving  my  PADI  Open  Water  scuba  diving  certiHication.    Teaching  piano,  voice,  and  English  abroad  conHirmed  my  passion  for  teaching,  further  preparing  me  to  pursue  a  career  in  education.    I  am  forever  indebted  to  the  Brown  Foundation  for  making  these  summer  experiences  a  reality.      

Alexandra  playing  the  Minuet  in  G  

Mother  and  baby  seal  on  Playa  Mann  

The  most  adorable  novice  ever,  Leonardo  

Karoline  pracTcing  her  alphabet  

My  (crazy)  English  class  Just  another  day  at  school!  

My  fabulous  (and  only)  guitar  student!  

Dominic  &  Sasha  

Host  sister,  mother,  

and  father  

The  harbor  at  sunset  

Lovely  Astrid,  playing  the  piano  

Saying  goodbye  to  my  beloved  class  

PracTcing  with  one  of  my  vocal  groups  

My  music  mentor,  Alvita,  and  Marco,  one  of  my  vocal  students  

Diego  playing  the  Minuet  in  G  

Dominic  &  

Melanie  

I  was  chosen  to  parTcipate  in  the  Summer  InsTtute  of  Literary  and  Cultural  Studies  at  Wheaton  College  for  the  month  of  June.  While  at  the  insTtute,  I,  along  with  the  nine  other  members  of  my  cohort,  engaged  in  a  graduate  level  seminar  on  theory,  parTcipated  in  a  symposium,  visited  various  Ivy  league  graduate  schools,  a\ended  a  GRE  prep  course,  and  prepared  materials  to  apply  for  graduate  school  in  the  future.  This  program,  a  Mellon-­‐funded  charter  to  promote  diversity  in  the  English  field,  was  one  of  the  best  experiences  of  my  academic  career,  and  will  conTnue  to  be  valuable  to  me  as  I  conTnue  my  career  in  academia.    

My  host  family  at  my  21st  birthday  party  

Fellow  volunteers  @  the  Independence  day  parade  

Doing  worksheets  in  class  

Fun  in  choir…  

The  classroom  mural  I  designed  and  executed    

Afrodita,  Melanie,  and  JusTn  pracTcing  the  alphabet  

Blue-­‐footed  boobies  @  Punta  Corola  

Some  of  my  students  dancing  in  the  Independence  Day  parade  

Marine  iguanas  

PADI  Open  Water  Diving  course  

Horseback  riding  to  scenic  overlook  in  San  Cristobal  

Los  Tuneles