Community Achievements – December 2019
Community News - Achievements of RPCVs Author: Peter Deekle December 2019 ARMENIA Liz Barron (2017-2019) has been chronicling her experiences and observations pertaining to her Peace Corps service through her blog marigoldmoment.com. Read her everyday adventures in Armenia and elsewhere. COLOMBIA Vicky Ramakka (1972-1974) is a a published academic writer who is now writing for popular publications. She recently published her first novel, The Cactus Plot, through Artemesia Publishing. This environmental mystery is set in northwest New Mexico, featuring a botanist dealing with conflicting uses of public land. ECUADOR Andrea Erickson-Quiroz (1988-1990) is currently the managing director for water security at The Nature Conservancy, a charitable...
Community Achievements – November 2019
Community News - Achievements of RPCVs Author: Peter Deekle November 2019 BENIN Molloy Sheehan (2016-2018) recently received a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research on preventing diseases in Togo. Her scholarship will study four main behavioral risk factors: nutrition, exercise, alcohol, and tobacco use. ECUADOR Amanda Sliva (2017-2019) shared her Peace Corps story and experience with the local Ashland Rotary Club (NE) in October 2019. Sliva is planning a six-month return to her Peace Country, Ecuador, offering English tutoring. GEORGIA Paul Stephens (2005-2007) is co-founder and executive director of the Transcaucasian Trail project, creating a long distance hiking trail in the Caucasus Mountains....
Community Achievements – October 2019
Community News - Achievements of RPCVs Author: Peter Deekle October 2019 CHILE Diane Bammel (1967-1969) worked part time during her Peace Corps service in an orphanage for girls and part time in a small Baptist kindergarten in the major slum of Concepcion. One of the orphans became her foster daughter. In October 2018, Diane sold her home and car, and moved to Chile to live with her foster daughter Anita and her husband Carlos, where she became involved in the same slum of Concepcion, called Aguita de la Perdiz. COSTA RICA Kirti Mathura (1984-1986) is a popular and frequent public speaker and horticultural consultant. She recently shared...
Community Achievements – September 2019
Community News - Achievements of RPCVs Author: Peter Deekle September 2019 CAMEROON Daniel Martin Moore's new album Never Look Away is due out on October 4. In its title track which he co-produced, the Kentucky singer-songwriter tries to convince himself, and listeners, that all hope is not lost: "I hear that song as a way of accepting that it is still possible to be peaceful in our obsessive and hectic cultures." Moore has released seven albums since 2008 and will be touring this fall and into next year. CHILE Juana Bordas (1964-1966) is the president of Mestiza Leadership International, a company focused on leadership, diversity, and...