Maria Mar 9, 20195 min readFinal Reflections! Do you ever feel like life is moving so fast you can’t even process it? Although the days seem to be dragging on and on, the weeks,...
Maria Mar 4, 201912 min readWeek 6 and 7 Huancayo!!!!!!!Los Hornos ~ Scavenger Hunt 2.0 ~ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star ~ A Baby Shower ~ & lots of tearful Goodbyes Day 1: Monday, we headed to...
Maria Feb 27, 201912 min readWeek Five Huancayo!!!!!High Altitude Cupcakes ~ A Visitor from the US~ Rompecabezas ~ A Robbery & A Birthday! It was a busy week in Huancayo to say the least!...
Maria Feb 4, 201910 min readHuancayo Week Four!!!!Day 1: This weekend Helen and I had the opportunity to visit Cusco and Machu Picchu. It was an amazing trip but with all the traveling (2...
Helen OhaeriFeb 3, 20193 min readPeruvian Politics: Presidents, Corruption, and OrangesHola chicos! Welcome back to our blog, and to my first blog post! I have been a silent presence in the background of Maria's blog posts...
Maria Feb 3, 20199 min readHuancayo Week Three!!!Portawawa IceBreaker ~ Aco Artisan Stoves ~ A Pregnancy Lesson ~ Rural Nursing Rotations ~ Lesson Planning Day 1: This Monday was a...
Maria Jan 22, 201919 min readHuancayo Week Two!! A health care lecture ~ A spider ~ A flooded office ~ A birthday party & A trip to the Jungle! It was rainy week in Huancayo. We were...
Maria Jan 13, 201913 min readHuancayo Week One! Our first week in Huancayo we were able to experience the schedule of short term volunteers, with our fellow undergrad volunteers. Day 1:...
Maria Jan 11, 20192 min readOur First Week Family! Elisa ~ Joanne ~ Olivia ~ Rachel In Lima we met 4 other girls who would become like family to us by the end of our first week in...
Maria Jan 7, 20198 min readThe Journey to Huancayo! LMU Application~Three years of medical school~ Eight hours on a plane~one day in Lima~Eight more hours on a bus and finally we made it!...