Ella Guzman

NJ, USA
PLE 2022

During my time at YYGS, I met an incredible group of people with whom I made deep and lasting connections during those three short weeks. With thoughtful mentorship from our instructor, I formed meaningful connections with the other people in my family time group. Our conversations, largely stemming from various lectures we listened to together, gave me a much broader range of global and cultural knowledge. I valued my peers’ opinions on global events and how we tied those opinions into our personal lives.

We learned to appreciate the sacrifices some of our peers needed to make to express their opinions, as not everyone had the same freedoms to speak as openly as others due to their living in oppressive societies. I valued how much family time brought together people with diverse backgrounds in meaningful ways. The bonds that I created at YYGS have become very important to me, and I keep in close contact with many of the people I’ve met along the way.

Ambassador Year: 
2022