This picture was taken on my recent Desk Trip to Dominica (April 2010). Shown in this picture is Fred, the "Juice Man". World's best juice! His stand is located in Roseau, Dominica (right outside of the Peace Corps office).
Photographing a Volunteer outside her host family home near Bab Boudir. The terrain was stunning in its starkness and the deep red mounds made us all think "Mars."
This picture was taken on my recent Desk Trip to Grenada (April 2010). Shown in this picture is graffiti on a building outside of the capital, St. George's.
Visiting a Volunteer's host family and neighbors during a photo shoot for Peace Corps. Interestingly, though I was the art director for this photo shoot, the local women all assumed I was a girlfriend of the photographer and not his manager. The...
Host community; Housing; Elders; Traditional dress
A migratory farming family at their fall location. The three generation family lives together in this ger which included a wood stove, a solar panel for power, and a television that got one channel which brought them a favorite spectator sport -...
A young farmer herds his sheep with a camel (and alternately, but not shown here, the Mongolian version of a yak and of course, the country's famous horses).
I would say that something started to happen between Adam and I while riding across Guinea in a bush taxi. The car ride back to Conakry was 15 hours and we held hands during the entire trip while we talked about home. We got married 9 months after...
This picture was taken in Gros Islet, St. Lucia (April 2010). It is a view of Pigeon island and shows the boat used for Pirates of the Caribbean. I was recently in the Eastern Caribbean for a Desk Trip.
President Nambaryn Enkhbayar joined Peace Corps staff and Volunteers to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Peace Corps' operations. Following the event, we took a staff photo.
Each 4th of July Peace Corps Mongolia hosts a basketball tournament with a team of trainees playing a team of currenlty serving Volunteers and staff. In 2006, a closely fought battle came down to the wire before the Staff/Volunteer team escaped...
Upon my return from 13+ years abroad with the Peace Corps, I was invited by Senator Dodd to come and speak about my experience overseas with Peace Corps.