Smile Jamaica Interview: My Gap Semester in Peru and Bolivia
Being on Smile Jamaica has been a long time goal of mine. Therefore I am happy to say I was on Smile Jamaica in the morning! Interviewed by the great Dahlia Harris, I spoke about my experience living in Peru & Bolivia for 3 months on the Andes & Amazon program with Where There Be Dragons. I also enjoyed doing the interview with my good friend, Chinelle Miller, who shared about her Nepal program. Many thanks to the producer Kerry-Ann Dunn Grant for giving us young people a chance to share our experience with Jamaica. One love!
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