Olá from Beautiful Barretos!
(Sorry there aren’t any pictures – I’m having some technical difficulties with my camera!) We’ve finally arrived! After a full day of traveling, it was so exciting to finally get to Barretos and get...
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So we’ve officially been here one week, and what a week it’s been! Yian and I were on our own for the weekend, so we spent most of it exploring Barretos. Barretos is a fairly small city (about 100,000...
View ArticleA Trip with the Mobile Units
A universal truth is that nothing brings people together like food – especially when it’s lots of delicious food! On Saturday, Yian and I were lucky enough to be invited to a real Brazilian barbeque,...
View ArticleIndependence Day Interlude
Happy Independence Day to everybody in the US! I’ve decided to celebrate by wearing my Captain America shirt and making a list of my top 5 favorite things about Brazil (so far)! 5. The food I’m...
View ArticleProject Updates!
Oi amigos! We’ve been having an exciting week around here – lots of work to get done! Cytopathology Last Friday, we had the great opportunity to present our technologies to Dr. Fregnani’s class of...
View ArticleA Most Productive Week
Wow! I can’t believe a whole month has passed by so quickly – it feels like we just got here yesterday. It’s amazing how fast time can fly! So last week, we had an amazing opportunity to meet with the...
View ArticleA Trip to Rio de Janeiro
Olá pessoal! Yian and I had a fantastic weekend! We had the opportunity to spend a few days in Rio de Janeiro, and wow! Rio is such a beautiful, vibrant city, and it was an amazing experience to spend...
View ArticleTraveling to Mato Grosso, Part the First
Olá pessoal! Tonight I’m blogging to you from Cláudia, a very small city in the state of Mato Grosso. We’ve been having such a great time out here with the Mobile Unit, so I thought I’d tell you all...
View ArticleTraveling to Mato Grosso, Part the Second
Hey guys! Here’s the continuation of our trip that I promised last time! Day 3 Saturday turned out to be a short day for seeing patients in União do Sul. Of the 40 patients that Dr. Julio saw in the...
View ArticleFinal Wrap-Up
Wow. I can’t believe that I’ve come so far this summer – it’s been 8 weeks here in Brazil already. By this time tomorrow, I’ll be back in the United States, getting ready to start my last year at Rice....
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