Peace corps volunteer

This is my last blog post about Peace Corps. I finished my service 4.5 months ago, and frankly, I’ve run out of things to say. However, if there is anything else you want to know, feel free to ask in the comments or send me an email! I loved my Peace Corps service. I think […]

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We've started to hear from the incoming group of Volunteers (about 30 come to Jamaica each year) who will start their training in March. I know it's an exciting time for them. When I was in their shoes, I was soaking up all the information I could find about Peace Corps in Jamaica. Being less…

#3: Everyone will think you’re bad-ass when you get home. Yes, some people will think you’re pretty impressive. Others will think you’re nuts.

What does a typical day look like for a Peace Corps education volunteer in Liberia? While every volunteer’s experience is different, here’s what a normal weekday looks like for me… My alarm g…

As you can tell by the title of this blog, today I want to chat about mental health. Specifically, mental health as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Statistically speaking, mental health disorders affect a shit ton of people each year (give or take a shit ton) and some of those people are Peace Corps Volunteers (yep, […]

Earn your graduate degree free and live independently by joining the Peace Corp.

On its 60th anniversary, a moment of reckoning arrives for the nation's globe-trotting volunteers

Cover for my next memoir about the Peace Corps Dominican Republic. http://www.sundancekidonline.com/new-memoir-life-as-a-peace-corps-volunteer-in-the-dominican-republic/