HUMANS OF BHS: Exchange student Giovana Maravieski

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Maravieski poses for a photo in the town of Florianópolis, Brazil. Florianópolis is about 60 miles south of her home town of Itajaí, Brazil.

“[I found out I was being sent home after] some of my friends that are exchange students were already getting emails to go back home, so I asked my [Foriegn Exchange Student Program] in Brazil and they told me that I had to go back home. On the way home I will need to stay away from people and wash my hands constantly. Once I get home, I’ll need to be quarantined in my house for 15 days.  Businesses and schools are closed in my city, you can only leave proving what you are doing outside and when you come back you have to prove that you left from there. People are quarantined until the second order. I didn’t like [how the foreign exchange program handled sending me home], it was not clear and confusing and they did not know how to act most of the time. I feel upset I had to leave this way and this fast, but also relieved to see my mom and be with her in this difficult time.”