August 18, 2020
Coming Home: Madagascar
Madagascar | Danielle Montecalvo Home: Rochester, New York I had been serving since September 2018 as an English educator at University of Mahajanga. Here’s what I left behind: My 200 first-year engineering, computer science, and applied language students, as well as 275 university students returning for their second and third year. My host family: Papa, Mama, four host sisters—Vesna, Johanna, Fifa, and Anyah. My host cousins, Tafar and Zela. My counterpart, Mrs. Jemima Johnson. University colleagues and staff. Neighbors, market sellers, store vendors, and friends throughout the city. And here’s the unfinished business I’d like you to know about:...