Rancho Margot - Eco Resort
How I applied
I sent Rancho Margot a request letter through email and Facebook and the director of Marketing, Mr. Travis Day got
back to me with a positive response. They seemed to be interested in taking someone from a visual communication
background to make a production video about the Ranch and the student groups who visited the ranch.
I told Mr. Day about the projects I have been through during the last 4 years in Srishti. I also sent him my portfolio.
Meanwhile I had already started looking up the term ‘eco-literacy.’ Going through the blogs that I got to read from
their website, I thought that if I got chosen to do this project, it would give myself a rare and wonderful opportunity
to personally witness many subjects that are related to sustainability and learn from them and also create something
potentially valuable for them. It excited me.
In about one week, I got selected to be a guest of Rancho Margot through the volunteer work exchange program.
The next challenge was presenting the college about this offer and trying to convince them. It took me a good
amount of time till the college finally decided to let me go. There were high chances that this rare opportunity could
have slipped by if I did not hold on tight with my desire to go there. The diploma project proposal which I gave a lot
of thought into really helped me to present the concept I had for this project to many people.
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