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18, She Chose Rural Cambodia Over College & Never Looked Back
Babes, How Did You Get Here? | Why I Chose Cambodia Over College: A Story of Language, Loneliness & Learning to Belong What happens when an 18-year-old from Colorado takes a one-month volunteer trip to rural Cambodia, falls in love with the golden rice fields and slower pace of life, and decides to skip college entirely—spending the next six years hand-washing clothes, learning Khmer from children, sleeping through 4 AM ceremonies, battling crippling social anxiety, running a women's book club, teaching middle schoolers, and building a life in a country where she'll always stand out but…
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