Close of Service (COS) Conference
I just got back from my close of service (COS) conference. Every Peace Corps volunteer that finishes their service has a COS conference. ...
Lean In
I have been reading Lean In, which has been so great. While volunteering with the Peace Corps I have had a lot of free time. The...
Somos Familia
I have not worked with the men in my community too much. Mostly this is because often men in this country do not treat me as a...
Brigada Verde
I taught the entire 8th grade course of over 70 students a course about the environment. Weekly I would give interactive talks to the...
How to ward off the Tiguere
Tiguere’s are Dominican men, basically. As a woman in the Dominican Republic, you cannot walk down the road, the unpaved dirt path, or...
One Year In Country
I have now been in the country for one year. On August 19th, 2014 I boarded a plane and headed to Miami, Florida where I had staging and...
High School Graduation
I was lucky enough be invited by Yokira to her high school graduation, where her and some other of my youth were graduating from high...
New Group of Escojo Mi Vida and My Idol “Yoki”
My star pupil of Escojo Mi Vida and the president recently started another group of Escojo Mi Vida. As a multiplier and promoter of...
Zika
Nearly all of the volunteers and all of my community by now have gotten Zika, including me. All symptoms vary and luckily mine was a...
My women’s Graduation
My women graduated from their course in “Healthy Homes”. After 15+ courses that I taught 24 women in two groups and from three...
