Hello everyone!
I am Helen Seddelmeyer from Dallas, Texas. I graduated from The Hotchkiss School this past May where I spent my high school years in Lakeville, Connecticut. I love hiking, playing soccer, reading and visual art. I am from a large family, but am fiercely independent. Leading up to this exciting adventure, I spent the summer working in the Colorado mountains and enjoying the outdoors. Initially, I chose to take a Gap Year to try and figure out what I wanted to study in college and devote my life to. Later on, I realized I am embarking on this journey to dig deeper and discover who I am as a person and who I want to be. I am extremely eager to meet all of you and explore Nepal together! “Why We Travel” Reflection: “I find that I always take Michael Jordan posters to Kyoto, and bring woven ikebana baskets back to California; I invariably travel to Cuba with a suitcase piled high with bottles of Tylenol and bars of soap, and come back with one piled high with salsa tapes, and hopes, and letters to long-lost brothers.” This quote from Iyer’s essay drew me in due to its’ articulate detail and descriptions that don’t correlate. You would never think to translate Tylenol to hopes and letters. Iyer goes on to explain how a traveler can become like an idea board to people across the world. This concept stuck with me, and how I could be the closest representation of Texas that someone in Kathmandu will ever see. The idea that how I portray myself could reflect my country, beliefs, etc., to someone who might never be a traveler like me. The challenge of being tender while importing and exporting is what stuck with me from Iyer’s “Why We Travel”. -Helen
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