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- I don't get to travel out of the country a lot,
so this is definitely a new experience for me.
Global Glimpse has given me a great opportunity
to see the world, something that I would have
never seen back home in the States.
Stepping on to the baseball field and picking up a bat
made me step into the shoes of some of my favorite
Dominican major league players like Jose Bautista.
Staring down a pitcher gave me a different edge
that I never had in the States, mainly because he
was definitely better than every other pitcher I've faced.
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I've used baseball to connect with the people here
even though I'm American and they're Dominican
we can still throw a ball and we can understand each other.
And I think that's why it's so
important in the Dominican Republic.
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- I've never flown before and I've never been out of the US.
This will be the first time that I travel without my family
and I feel like watching me say goodbye to them is
gonna like, pull my heart a little.
- Global Glimpse signifies exactly what United
is trying to do, and that is connecting communities
and uniting the world.
With United Airlines partnering with them to fly thousands
of children around the world, it gives a lot of them
that opportunity that they would have never had before.
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- In the United States there's a lot of culture
but I think we only see a glimpse of it.
When we go out to different countries we actually
appreciate it a lot more because we're around the people.
And I think the people are the main aspect
to experiencing a culture.
- Coming on this trip, it just made me realize how there's
many other kids out there who, like, really want to
advocate for change. I realized, like, how much we can unite
coming from complete strangers and now to have
incredible bonds, you know, and like how we all realize
that we can count on each other and care for each other
and have the same passions.
And that's just, like, really inspiring to me, like,
it doesn't make you feel so alone.
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- When you go to communities that are actually under
the poverty line you see that they're so happy
and willing to give you everything, they use each other
as a support system and that in itself is so valuable
to have people willing to pick you back up when you fall.
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- In the Dominican Republic, one of the main values that
they instill is making sure that the youth take
an initiative and a stance in things that they believe in.
And one of the leaders that we've seen here is Esteban
and he said, "You have a voice, and it matters, so use it."
So, that's something that I'll definitely take back
to the United States.
There's a lot of things I've learned from all the people
I've met in Global Glimpse, a lot of unbelievable stories.
Things that when you look at someone you don't think
that they would have ever gone through, so seeing that,
and understanding their stories, was really inspiring,
I think for all of us and I really thank the Global Glimpse
program and United Airlines for helping us.
- So like, all these plants that you see,
they're the community, and you pluck out all the bad things,
and that helps them bloom into beautiful flowers.
It's uniting because all these plants have the same purpose,
which is growing into a beautiful coffee tree,
and that's what humans should be doing is growing together
into beautiful persons.