Teen Travel Blog

Sophia is one of our newest family members, starting in 2009.  She came to ARCC with a strong background in international studies and extensive travel experience around the globe. Currently completing her degree at University of New Hampshire in Political Science and International Affairs, with a minor in Spanish, Sophia spent the Fall interning at a think tank in Washington DC. This position gave her the experience to write about and focus in on US-Latin American relations. Sophia’s passion for international affairs, love for the outdoors, and experience working with teenagers gives her the foundation for her proven success as an ARCC Trip Leader.

“One of my favorite ARCC memories comes from a night we spent in a remote Maasai village in Tanzania where one chief, his 32 wives, 128 children, and 100+ cattle lived. We had arrived a few hours earlier, and after a truly cultural experience of slaughtering a cow with some of the warriors, followed by a hearty dinner of… cow meat, we were swept up by the whole village into an evening of song and dance. The image that will always stick in my mind is watching across the fire pit as, hand-in-hand with beautifully robbed and jeweled Maasai women and men, my teenagers hopped in the traditional Maasai dancing to the singing voices. There couldn’t have been a greater cultural divide between the people gathered, but in that moment, even language couldn’t separate the smiling faces.”

Tags: Africa, Masai, Sophia Weeks, Tanzania

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