Journeys Made Possible: Past Enrichment Grant Projects

Year Program
2024Internship at the Dutchess County Public Defender’s Office
2021Summer research program at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, Maine
2019Participation in a short-term medical mission to Boquerón, El Salvador, through the Global Health Outreach program
2019Volunteer work at Amazonico Animal Rescue Centre, Tena, Ecuador
2019Study of food and hospitality in Mallorca, Spain
2018Intensive Chinese language program administered by Hamilton College at Minzu University of China, Beijing
2016Work with underprivileged youth in Syracuse to write, produce, and perform a play in Spanish; serve as a Spanish interpreter in local hospitals
2016Travel to Japan to study the art of shodō with a master calligrapher in Fukui
2015Special summer biology research project at Siena College
2014Two-week CAD program at Marbella Design Academy, Málaga, Spain
2013Maine Media Workshop, Rockport, Maine
2012Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
2011Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
2011German language immersion at the University of Rhode Island, preparing for a semester abroad
2010Classics study program in Greece
2010Habitat for Humanity Global Village program in Hungary, assisting with renovations of a group home for individuals with autism
2009Travel to Africa to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and work at the Msamaria Center for Street Children
2008Work with Hour Children, an organization supporting formerly incarcerated mothers and their young children during reentry
2007Chinese language immersion program in Beijing, China
2006Master photography course in Switzerland
2006Filmmaking workshop in Maine
2005Summer internship at Cornell Cooperative Extension, focused on website development
2004Travel to Brazil to study sustainable community planning
2004Travel to Cuba to study its government and economy
2003Summer internship at Christie’s, New York City