Credit: Marissa Mendoza

Over the summer, members of the WSPN staff traveled all over the world. Here are some of destinations on their itinerary.

Over the summer, members of the WSPN staff traveled all over the world. Here are just some of the places they visited.

India

Co-Editor-in-Chief Reva Datar stayed in India for three weeks. Here are her highlights:
Datar volunteered at a school in Mumbai to teach English, where she taught kids ages five through ten. There she learned what it is like to be a teacher in an underreasourced environment.
Datar also visited her family in the city of Pune, located in western India.
Datar’s favorite part about visiting India was seeing the culture and meeting the people.

The Galápagos Islands

Co-Multimedia Editor Edge Wheeler flew to the Galápagos Islands over the summer. Here are his highlights:
Wheeler traveled to a different island every day. He traveled on the Galapagos Legend, which is an expedition ship.
Wheeler saw and photographed a series of animals, such as flamingos, seals, crabs and more.
Wheeler’s favorite part was seeing the different environments around him.

Bolivia

News editor Marissa Mendoza stayed in Bolivia for 6 weeks. Here are her highlights:
Mendoza visited Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat. The city of Uyuni is close to eight hours away from the country’s capital city, La Paz.
Mendoza also went to a concert with her family that was held in Coroico, located in western Bolivia.
Mendoza spent time with her family and friends. She also took driving lessons in El Alto.

Italy

Co-Broadcast Editor Carolina Sdoia went on a trip around Italy. Here are her highlights:
Sdoia traveled to Ischia, a volcanic island, and then left for Sorrento. She went on two boat rides in Sorrento and walked around the island of Ischia.
Sdoia ended her trip in Rome, where she went sightseeing in the Vatican and the Colosseum.
Sdoia ate pizza, pasta and tiramisu, which was her favorite dessert.

Vermont

Co-Multimedia Editor Sofia Ciciarelli spent her summer in West Burke, Vermont for two months. Here are her highlights:
Ciciarelli stayed at her aunt’s house, which holds open fields with flowers, trees and trails. She spent time with her aunt’s dogs, Henry and Charlie.
Ciciarelli volunteered with her aunt to shovel mud from a local’s mud-filled house after a major flood. There were two floods over the span of two weeks close to where she stayed.
Ciciarelli worked at the front desk of the Wildflower Inn, located in Lyndonville. She worked there on average four days a week and hosted the restaurant once in a while as well.