Dated April the Thirteenth, in the Year of our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty-One
While most Amherst students spend their semester tranquilly matriculating within
the warm embrace of these United States of America, I have been living abroad.
I’ve always wanted to dedicate a portion of my life to helping those needy
billions who live outside our borders, and the experience has been a revelation.
Although I have spent little more than two months abroad, already it feels like
two lifetimes. In my ti