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Janikah Brice

Name: Janikah Brice School: Brandeis University Major(s): Undecided Class Year: Freshman When and how did you get involved with YSI? I...

Janikah Brice & Emily Adelsberger

Apr 27, 20172 min read

Christian Brambila

Name: Christian Brambila School:University of Massachusetts Amherst Major(s): Public Health/Pre-Med Class Year: 2018 When and how did you...

Christian Brambila & Emily Adelsberger

Apr 20, 20173 min read

Hannah Hallett

Name: Hannah Hallett School: UMass Amherst Major(s): Biology and Neuroscience Class Year: 2019 Which expeditions have you gone on? I have...

Hannah Hallett & Emily Adelsberger

Mar 13, 20174 min read

Abby Leclerc

Name: Abby Leclerc School: UNH Major(s): Neuroscience and Behavior Class Year: 2019 When and how did you get involved with YSI? This...

Abby Leclerc & Emily Adelsberger

Mar 2, 20172 min read

Taylor Spurlock

Name: Taylor Spurlock School: Villanova University Major: Biology Class year: 2017 When and how did you get involved with YSI? I became...

Taylor Spurlock & Emily Adelsberger

Feb 23, 20173 min read

Traveling Far, But Learning From Within

In the days following my trip to Haiti, I was thrown headfirst back into the bustle of work and school. Fortunately, each friend and...

Thomas Plas

Feb 13, 20172 min read

Your Journey Begins at Your Flight Gate

Unless you’re a very frequent flyer, almost everybody gets nervous in the airport. Will my luggage get lost? Will my gate get changed at...

Emily Adelsberger

Feb 9, 20172 min read

Karen Li

Name: Karen Li School: UMass Amherst Major(s): Operations Information Management Class Year: 2017 When and how did you get involved with...

Karen Li & Emily Adelsberger

Jan 26, 20172 min read

Session 2 Recap

Check out this awesome video created by session two UMass YSI advocate, Krista O'Brien.

Krista O'Brien

Jan 25, 20171 min read

Session 3

Day 1: Session 3 advocates arrived at the compound right as the sun was setting. We played an icebreaker and immediately noticed an...

Emily Adelsberger

Jan 19, 20172 min read

Gia Chirico

Name: Gia Chirico School: Villanova University Major(s): Biochemistry and Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscience Class year: 2017 When and...

Emily Adelsberger & Gia Chirico

Jan 5, 20172 min read

Session 1 Update

It's been a busy couple days here in Léogâne. We've been lucky with warm weather and a nice breeze to keep us cool during the busy days....

Julia Brown

Jan 2, 20171 min read

University of New Hampshire

Leader: Kevin Gutierrez Why you joined YSI: When I initially joined YSI, it was because a friend of mine told me she was excited to be...

Kevin Gutierrez

Dec 19, 20162 min read

Bradley Flemming

Name: Bradley Fleming School: University of Massachusetts Amherst Majors: Biology and Economics Class year: Class of 2017 When and how...

Bradley Flemming & Emily Adelsberger

Nov 22, 20163 min read

Clark University

School: Clark University Year your chapter became affiliated with YSI: Fall 2015 Leader: Rachel Gaufberg Why you became a part of YSI: I...

Rachel Gaufberg

Nov 7, 20161 min read

Zion Bereket

Name: Zion Bereket School: Clark University Major(s): International Development, Public Health Class year: 2018 When and how did you get...

Emily Adelsberger & Zion Bereket

Nov 3, 20163 min read

Brandeis University

School: Brandeis How many expeditions has your chapter been a part of: 4 Haiti expeditions and 1 Mississippi expedition Number of...

Herlyne Das

Oct 20, 20161 min read

Emily Adelsberger

Name: Emily Adelsberger School: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Major(s): Communication and Architectural Design Studies Class year:...

Emily Adelsberger

Oct 10, 20164 min read

Art Transcending Borders

Above all things about Haiti that made me stop and think, the one that struck me the most was my sudden ability to slow down and just be...

Emily Adelsberger

Sep 26, 20163 min read

Cole Martens

Name: Cole Martens School: UMass Amherst Major(s): Biology (pre-med) spanish minor Class year: 2017 When and how did you get involved...

Cole Martens & Emily Adelsberger

Sep 8, 20162 min read