St. Lucia
Every year, during the second term of school in St.Lucia, schools island-wide focus on infiltrating sports into their daily schedule. This becomes a big deal because the students are separated into houses and compete, at the end of the term in a school wide "sports day". At sports day, various competitions, races are held inviting families and community members to join in the festivities. Children run barefoot and scream for their houses, waving flags and dressing in their respective colors. This student, was not able to compete or acquire "house attire" but I caught her at a moment where she picked up red pom poms and started twirling around the field all by herself. I was so struck by her joy and with such utter simplicity that this photograph has become one of my favorites of my whole experience.