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