Hello world,
Dana here. I'm writing to you from Alamos, Mexico! I have been down here for the last 5 days and let me just say, this place is called "pueblo mágico" for a reason. I wake up every morning to walk through the cobblestone streets to wherever i'm going. I am staying with my mentor, Dr. Elizabeth Pettit, She is an amazing woman who has started a medical clinic down here and works with surrounding indigenous tribes. Today I was able to accompany her to the village of San Bernardo, where we had a meeting to talk to the village with an organization called "Christensen". The organization is working with the village to try to find a place for them when their valley is flooded by a lake that is being put in. The problem right now is that these people's identity will be lost, as well as their homes and cultures. So we are working with the organization to try to help them maintain their identity. On Sunday I will accompany her as well to go up into the mountain villages to do some work for my Internship project. My project will be a musical instrument workshop. My mentor Elizabeth is hoping to construct a workshop in a village where the people will have the materials to build violins and harps. I will begin my first designing the structure of the workshop, and then going from there. I cannot wait to start! Here are some photos of my experience so far.
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Dana StahlI am a 17 year old junior at Animas High School ArchivesCategories |