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A World of Possibilities
Life at Warren Wilson has taken Brianna everywhere from a remote coffee-growing village in Gautemala to the Himalayan monasteries of Ladakh,
India.
The Global Studies major found herself traveling every summer, often after working on campus to pay her way to study languages in Guanajuato,
Mexico and Siena, Italy.
In the classroom she was becoming increasingly interested in studying cultures and the 'why' and 'how' questions associated with traditional
customs, social norms,
and religious practices around the world.
"It wasn't until I traveled to Guatemala and Mexico on a Study Abroad trip that my education started to make sense on a very real level,"
she says of the eight-week Study Abroad course, Cycles of Military and Economic Violence in Guatemala and Mexico,
led by the Peace Studies professor and Minister to
Students. "Before going I thought I knew a lot about the situation there, but there's no substitute for meeting and living with
people who survive war
and oppression on a day-to-day level, who have managed to eek out a life from nothing and still welcome strangers into their homes." Brianna says the trip impacted
her life in many ways and solidified her commitment to working for the greatest good. "It was just a hope before, but now I know there isn't another choice," she says.
Coming back to campus Brianna was able to incorporate her travels into her classroom experience: in the subject of her senior thesis, and the new framework with
which she examined discussion topics. But what was her most difficult assignment? "The reflection paper on Guatemala and Mexico was definitely the hardest for me
to write. I've never written so many drafts before - I wanted to get the story right, to do the experience and the people justice, which seemed nearly impossible in 15 pages."