Happy Holidays!

I am already enjoying my Holiday break with my tacky Christmas sweater!

Happy Holidays Everyone! It is finally winter break and I am excited to spend time with my family and friends. I still have a lot to do for school and for my Argentina trip! I have two essays to write for scholarships for my summer high school program. Fingers crossed that I receive the scholarship! In recent news, I have received a $200 scholarship from AFS! Thank you AFS for my AFS Family Scholarship, it is greatly appreciated. I am also greatly appreciating that  I have also received $100 in donations! THANK YOU! I have 10% of my goal of $3,000! This is fantastic! Please share, donate and have a wonderful holiday season!

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What I want to do

After High School, I want to study diplomacy and international relations. The reason why is because my few times leaving the country changed my perspective on the world that I live in. The world is so much more than the tiny town I live in, it is a world of many people and experiences. Life is meant for living. I want to pursue adventuring the world to become a bigger, better version of myself that I can use to educate and help the world with what I have learned. When I came back from my trip to Ireland last summer I became a more aware person of myself and others. I became more outgoing and life-full. I became a person that I am proud of. I no longer care what the people in school say or do. I care about if I am being myself and if I'm making people's lives better. I feel that me going to Argentina can help better me more and therefore bettering the people around me and opening my outreach to people who speak don't just speak English but Spanish as well.

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Why I want to travel

Hello again everyone! I wanted to share more about why I want to go to Argentina. The reason why I love traveling so much is because of my grandma. My grandma traveled the world taking photos of the places she went to. She always showed me her photographs of the places she visited. I remember looking at the photos and hoping that one day that I would be able to travel the world like she did. I always looked up to her because she was and is the strongest person I will ever know. She knew what life meant. Life is for us to have fun and help others. She did both of those things. Having her as a grandma was quite unconventional but I loved every second of it. I just hope that one day I will be able to do the same things she did.


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Argentina

Hello Everyone! Let me start out by telling you who I am. My name is Tuesday Gallagher, I'm 16 and live in a small town in Illinois outside of Chicago. I have always loved traveling and taking in new environments. This is why I want to study abroad in a summer Argentina program through AFS. I expect to gain skills in my Spanish speaking and comprehension. I want to share my knowledge of the Argentinean culture and the Spanish language with my family and friends. I have studied some Spanish in my past but want to become fluent. I believe that the only way to do this is to be immersed into the language. The reason why I need help financing my trip is because I want to go but I don't want to bring that burden on my family. I am using the sponsor and AFSer program to do so. What the sponsor and AFSer program is an online fundraising tool provided by AFS to allow potential sponsors to make easy, secure, and non tax-deductible contributions to my AFS program fee.



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