{"id":3274,"date":"2014-12-16T15:49:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T03:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auip.wordpress.com\/?p=3274"},"modified":"2021-01-29T11:44:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T23:44:27","slug":"antarcticasustainabilitystudent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/antarcticasustainabilitystudent\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Perspective: Student fulfills a dream in most remote continent on earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Isamar Pineda, 2014-15 <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/auip.com\/programs\/antarctica\/sustainability\/\"><em>Antarctica Sustainability<\/em><\/a><em> student blogger, writes:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hello, my name is Isamar Pineda, and I am currently in my third year at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/\">University at Buffalo<\/a> majoring in international studies. When I graduate, I hope to obtain a job in the international sector and join the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peacecorps.gov\/\">Peace Corps<\/a> while traveling as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u00a0I \u00a0am leaving for my study abroad program in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/antarctica\">Antarctica<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/argentina\">Argentina<\/a>. I&#8217;ve been curious about Antarctica since I was a child reading through my second grade geography textbook. I never expected to be able to make my dream of visiting Antarctica a reality at just 24 years of age. Every loan I take out and job I have to work is worth it to me to be able to afford to go and see the frozen continent firsthand.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot wait to meet other students from different colleges and states, as well as other passengers aboard our expedition ship. Born and raised in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nycgo.com\/\">New York City<\/a>, I didn\u2019t encounter penguins growing up, only pigeons, a plethora of squirrels and a few raccoons. Being feet away from penguins and whales is unimaginable. We\u2019ll also be in Argentina for a few days and even though I\u2019m fluent in Spanish, I think Argentina will be a culture shock since it will be my first time visiting a South American country. I have been thinking nonstop about this impending journey, and I can\u2019t wait to begin sharing my adventures with you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isamar Pineda, 2014-15 Antarctica Sustainability student blogger, writes: Hello, my name is Isamar Pineda, and I am currently in my third year at the University at Buffalo majoring in international studies. When I graduate, I hope to obtain a job in the international sector and join the Peace Corps while traveling as much as possible. Today\u00a0I \u00a0am leaving for my&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,21],"tags":[101,53,54,55,50,56],"class_list":["post-3274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2014-15-student-blogs","category-antarctica","tag-antarctica","tag-argentina","tag-peace-corps","tag-penguins","tag-sustainability","tag-university-at-buffalo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6636,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3274\/revisions\/6636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}