Research Project:Getting Underground: An Exploration of Independent Filmmakers and Their Films
You are where I was just a few years ago. Rocking your college classes, flirting with all the cuties and regularly hitting up Au Bon Pain for the best danishes. Life is good – on fleek if you will, but you still haven’t gotten your epic-ness to go global. And then InterFuture sends you a […]
Research Project:Fashion Dictators or Style Promoters: The Relationship between Fashion Magazines and Consumer Behavior in Costa Rica and the United States
When I landed in Costa Rica it was so dark I could barely make out the difference between the U.S. city I had left and the Central American city I would soon call home. I awoke the next morning in my host family’s house to the smell of coffee and five family members waiting to […]
Research Project:An examination of the cultural factors that influence voter turnout of college students in presidential elections in San Jose, Costa Rica and Boston, the United States.
Seven years ago I was accepted into the undergraduate thesis program, InterFuture. Now an alumna, I am grateful to be able to share a few words on what the experience has meant to me. Being a member of the InterFuture Class of 2009, I attended conferences in 2008. Make no mistake, the conferences were as […]
Research Project:An examination of the cultural factors that influence voter turnout of college students in presidential elections in San Jose, Costa Rica and Boston, the United States.
During my first InterFuture conference I was captivated by the community’s incredible travel stories. But even more, I was inspired by a recent alum who said that participating in InterFuture would be the single best way to get academically published by the age of twenty-five. At the time, I distinctly remember thinking “Maybe for you, […]