A disabiled teenager was walking with difficulty at a Peace Corps supported Disability Camp in St. Lucia. I asked if I could take her picture. She first said, "No, I am not pretty." I said "Yes you are pretty!"and she allowed me to take her...
This photo was taken in Guatemala. In an effort to share cuisine from other cultures and teach about nutrition, I held an International Cooking Day for the 9th graders in this village. These girls chose the hardest dish, Bangalore curry chicken,...
This photo was taken while leading rural Salvadoran youth in a group discussion after the first performance of "A Mi Manera," an original musical promoting life skills, gender equality, and reproductive health. Over 100 rural youth from Peace Corps...
This picture was taken just after we finished painting a giant chess board on the gravel lot outside my school attachment. We decided to make the pieces out of recycled bottles. In the picture is me and the youth and sports teacher.
I helped lead an English leadership summer camp at a school in L'viv. Here I was explaining a game, and the kids were excited to get started. I believe the game happening in this picture was "Giants, Wizards, & Elves."
This photo, taken on July 21, 2011, depicts Peace Corps trainee Jeff as he demonstrates "trust falls' with Peruvian youth at the local colegio in Peru during field-based training. Youth development Volunteers often use self-esteem and trust...
I took this photo July 19, 2011 in Ecuador. After school, this 12 year old girl and her mother visited their local hair salon and chopped off more than 12" each. They had been planning to donate their hair for months - the little girl had seen an...
Women in Development (WID)/ Gender and Development (GAD); Traditional dress
This photo was taken in July outside of my school the south west mountains of Bulgaria. In my community, which is 100% Bulgarian Muslim the women have a traditional dress that includes a head scarf and colorful pants called shalvary. Through out...
Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD); youth development
This photo that I took in January, 2011, shows young teenage girls from the Andes mountains in Shilla, Peru on their first day of the club Mujeres Poderosas (Powerful Women) in which they participated in a 6 week workshop where we talked about...
Moroccan weddings are an event that can include the entire town. Early in the morning, family members of the bride wake up and march through the streets singing and chanting to let everyone know that a member of the community is about to be wed....
This photo was taken at my wedding on November 21, 2009 in Naxchivan, Azerbaijan. I married my community counterpart after completing my first two years of service, and starting my third year. We participated in a traditional wedding ceremony for...
I love Moroccan clothing and so I couldn't wait to try them on. I was thrilled when one of my host relatives suggested that I wear a Kaftan at a dinner party. My aunts and cousins dressed me up in this fabulous dress that was a bit long for me, but...
Taken March, 2011 in Guatemala. My sister in-law and father in-law came to visit our village. One of the many cross-cultural activities we did was to share favorite cuisines. Here we are breaking all the rules... the men made tortillas and we...
Taken in April, 2011 in Guatemala. My host sister, myself, and sister in-law (blonde) on the roof of my house, with the town (like Hollywood) sign in the background. Celebrating culture, womanhood...and clothes!
I took this photo in July 2011 in Ratanakiri, Cambodia on a trip with one of my students to her homeland. This photo shows my student, her sister, brother-in-law, and fiance wading through a pond on their way to a waterfall.
The blue in the Ukrainian flag represents the blue sky, while the yellow represents their golden wheat fields. I took this picture behind the school in Rudky. While the yellow is not full of wheat, it is full of yellow flowers appearing to make...