Sometimes, you need to break out of your comfort zone and explore a new place. Exploration, around the world.
INDEX Design to Improve Life Battle 2017 It is interesting how life can circle back around sometimes. Two years ago, I met Lotte, the Education Director at INDEX Design to Improve Life. A company based in Copenhagen, Denmark, INDEX had developed a detailed structure to use design thinking and problem-based Read more…
Without a minute to spare, Tiffany, Mayra and I jetted from our Fulbright orientation to the ferry terminal down on the waterfront in Helsinki. When they said we’d need to arrive at least 45 minutes before our departure time, they weren’t kidding! We needed at least half that time to Read more…
As I removed my boots, jacket, gloves, and hat, put on my headphones and some tunes, I collapsed into the train seat, determined not to move for the next 4.5 hours. I was exhausted, but in the best way possible. I remember talking to a friend and saying that Read more…
From the moment we arrived here in Joensuu, we have hit the ground running. Between orientation at the university (which began the day after our arrival), meeting the people we will be working with, and getting to know what clothing to wear/what to bring each day when you don’t have Read more…
24 hours. 9 months. 9 hours. 6 months. 5.5 hours. 5 minutes. 24 hours en route from San Diego, California to Joensuu, Finland. 9 months from the time I received my Fulbright award letter to departure. 9 hours time difference between Joensuu and my students back in Denver, CO. 6 months to explore Read more…
