Welcome to my page, I am a '27 from central New Hampshire! I came to Dartmouth for the liberal arts curriculum and have shifted my studies after exploring what the College offers. In addition to blogging, I am very involved with the Tucker Center for Spiritual and Ethical Living. I enjoy mountain biking, running, skiing, singing, and drawing.
Academic Program
Anthropology for Public Health, Religion, and International Studies.
Favorite Thing Right Now
Appreciating life even when things are challenging.
My planning work in the fall and winter terms culminated in a one-week interfaith trip with 10 other students over spring break in New Mexico. The first couple of days were spent in Albuquerque, and the rest of the week in Santa Fe and the surrounding area. This experience of planning and leading the trip as a paid Tucker Fellow was particularly interesting for me because last year I also went on the interfaith spring break trip to DC, and it was a notably different experience not to be leading. I wrote a couple of blog posts about last year's trip, one about houses of worship and another about museums and organizations. The theme of last year's trip was the interfaith history of America. This year in New Mexico, we focused on how interfaith relates to living a healthy and fulfilling life. These trips are also all expenses covered, so they are very accessible to students on financial aid, like most things at the College are.
The trip was a beautiful experience not only because of the places we visited, but also thanks to the fact that we all lived in the same house, ate together, and traveled in minivans, which set us up for a lot of informal conversation and interactions. The amazing part, from my perspective as a leader, was how willing people were to share their perspective and bring out the best in everyone in terms of asking hard questions and letting it become a group conversation. In my experience, these trips help with learning about other cultures and beliefs, and also tend to boost people's connection to their faith traditions, or can also help figure out what spiritual or faith paths are most interesting for them.
These are the houses of worship, organizations, and museums that we visited:
Albuquerque: Albuquerque Zen Center, Talmud discussion activity (student-led), Islamic Center of New Mexico and Iftar with the Muslim Student Association of the University of New Mexico, Center for Action and Contemplation, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
The group at the Albuquerque Zen Center after a meditation session and time to ask questions.
Dinner with the UNM Muslim Student Association after visiting the local mosque, lots of laughter and good conversation!
This was part of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center that I found to be particularly impactful on an interfaith trip because it focused on the Spanish conquistadors imposing their religion on the Pueblo Tribes.
Santa Fe and Surrounding Area: Holy Trinity Orthodox Church and Dinner, Santa Clara Pueblo Puye Cliff Dwellings, Santuario de Chimayo (main post photo), Hacienda de Guru Ram Das Gurdwara, Dar al Islam & Plaza Blanca with Iftar, Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
The group at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church after we went to a service and had a dinner where the congregation let us ask questions.
The Santa Clara Pueblo Puye Cliffs was a good opportunity to learn about the history of the tribe and also have fun climbing down the side of the cliffs.
This was at Plaza Blanca, which has remarkable white rock formations and is just outside of Dar al Islam, where we had a wonderful time.
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