by Cat Corbett | Jul 11, 2023 | University of Puerto Rico 2023
Our last week in San Juan was spent saying many goodbyes. After two months, you would not expect to become so integrated into a community, but el calor puertorriqueño makes it impossible not to. The friendly faces are truly what have made this experience so special,...
by Cat Corbett | Jul 11, 2023 | University of Puerto Rico 2023
My seventh week in Puerto Rico was full of plenty of fun activities. Since Monday was Juneteenth, the university was closed so we could not schedule any participants, so I took a beach trip to Dorado instead! A friend and I stayed until sunset and then headed back to...
by Cat Corbett | Jun 22, 2023 | University of Puerto Rico 2023
Week 6 was full of lots of participants, delicious food, and beautiful sunsets! On Sunday, Katherine and I went on a shopping spree at Plaza las Americas, a mall in our neighborhood that also happens to be the largest mall in the Caribbean! It felt very similar to a...
by Cat Corbett | Jun 15, 2023 | University of Puerto Rico 2023
What an incredible week! There has been much excitement recently, as we have been continuing to recruit participants and explore the island. We are still having a hard time finding students on campus that we can recruit, since not many people take summer classes, but...
by Cat Corbett | Jun 9, 2023 | University of Puerto Rico 2023
Each week I fall more in love with this island. It is easy to understand why we were sent to San Juan to study bilingual code switching, as seemingly everyone here is bilingual (and very friendly). With each new person I meet, I learn something new about the culture,...
