Additional presenters: Sonam Sherpa, Zachary Roeseler, and Nicole Fore.
In January 2015, fourteen students took a two-week Service Learning trip to the Dominican Republic. During the first week, students stayed with families in Santo Domingo for Spanish language and cultural immersion, taking classes ranging from the national economy to how to prepare a delicious, traditional meal. In the second week, students volunteered in a poor Batey community (a former sugarcane plantation community) by offering a health promotion project and constructing a community basketball court. In this presentation, the students will share their experiences – what they learned, what they enjoyed, and how their perspectives may have changed.
