Friday, July 23, 2010

Day 1 - Ellie

A Mexican heritage-type building overlooks golden hills covered in lush trees. Nearby is the opposite, a very new building with eco-friendly and green design. There are many people here, including the silent monk-like group joining us soon, and a group of older citizens visiting for a conference. The thirty-six girls, however, are much more noticeable than either of these groups.

I am one of them. Joined here by thirty-five if my peers, I represent a group of leaders moving for a greener future. After all, that’s what the program is called. We all chose a track: environment, robotics, or astronomy. The most important thing is that they’re all interconnected. Here we get the chance to work with professionals from Stanford, the amazing non-profit ACE, and even NASA. They’re all very inspiring people, who are doing great things for this world. We all love to be here, and are making new friends along the way.


The next few days are going to be a whirlwind of new learning experiences and places. Today we’re heading to the great wonder known as the California beach. Lots of pictures will hopefully be coming soon. I love that we’ll be able to tell everything about what we do. More to come soon, Ellie.

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