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- St. Lucia Disability Camp
- Youth; Camps and clubs
- 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...
- Staff Photos
- Bel Mache (Beautiful Hike)
- youth; environment
- Hiking with a group of foster children in beautiful Dominica.
- Volunteer Photos
- Taking it all in
- youth; environment
- This was on a field trip to the Carib Territory which is on the west coast of Dominica. The children in the picture are all currently living in a youth shelter where I work as counselor/care-giver.
- Volunteer Photos
- Giant Chess
- Youth development; Schools; Secondary Projects
- 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.
- Volunteer Photos
- Team Building
- Youth development; Camps and clubs
- This is a photo of a team-building exercise I did with one of the youth groups I worked with.
- Volunteer Photos
- Approaching Storm
- Weather; Site
- I took this picture during a relaxing day at the Negril Beach. The sky turned from brilliant blue and sunny to dark and cloudy in a matter of minutes. One wonders as the fate of the 'Reef Princess' as she lies quietly upon the tranquil sea awaiting...
- Volunteer Photos
- Mount St. Catherine's Hike
- Volunteers; Environment
- Hiking Mount St. Catherine's (2756'), Grenada's highest point, with a local group. Stephanie in the foreground, with her husband, Jon, behind.
- Volunteer Photos
- Eyes and smiles
- Transportation; Teachers and students
- Our grade 2 students were en route to the annual lenten retreat (March 16, 2011). This was taken during the process of being piled up on the bus.
- Volunteer Photos
- Mighty Kenny and Me
- Teachers and students; Ecotourism
- I took this photo in July 2009 on a school trip with the Savanne Paille Primary School from Savanne Paille, Dominica. We visited Scottshead, Dominica which has a peninsula where the Caribbean Sea is on one side and the Atlantic Ocean is on the...
- Volunteer Photos
- Eastern Caribbean Group 79
- Swearing-in ceremonies; Volunteers
- Our group just after swearing in, April 2009. From left to right: speaker, Sharmon Jules (Associate Peace Corps Director), Margo Jeanchild (Eastern Caribbean Director), Mara English (Volunteer), Aria Grabowski (Volunteer), trainer, Ann Maize...
- Volunteer Photos
- Cricket Celebration
- Sports; Music; Celebrations
- This photo was taken in July 2009 at the Dominica National Stadium. The cricket match was the West Indies vs. Bangladesh. During the match, I joined in a Lapo Cabwit band with other horn blowers and drummers.
- Volunteer Photos
- Goal!
- Sports; Children
- This is a photo of Tomarjay & myself during an afternoon football game. At the time, Tomarjay was a grade 6 student at the primary school. He and I traveled with out school team to the neighboring village to watch the boys football match. Here,...
- Volunteer Photos
- Life Skills
- Schools; Teachers and students; Youth; Education
- This is a photo of a class doing life skills at my school attachment. The principal and I worked together to get the classes started.
- Volunteer Photos
- See through to me
- Schools; Children; Education
- While serving in Jamaica (05-07) I worked at Mocho Primary School (what we would call an elementary school). I went through the school when I was first there and took many photos of the students, including several striking portraits. In this...
- Volunteer Photos
- Piercing Stare
- Schools; Children; Education
- This is a photo of an elementary school boy. In the afternoons some students would come to my house, which was across from the school. In this photo this fourth grade boy is standing in front of my door, looking directly and probingly at me. The...
- Volunteer Photos
- Triptych
- Schools; Children; Education
- This photo was taken in a little alcove in the yard of the primary school where I served. The enclosure is made by heavy foliage overgrowing a barbed-wire fence. The students had taken in some chairs, in various states of disrepair, to sit on and...
- Volunteer Photos
- My New Mom
- Host families
- My host mom and I at my Swearing- In Ceremony, 10-31-2008. Since the day I arrived to St. Kitts Tracey has welcomed me into her family. About a week into my stay she was "mom" and I was "daughter."
- Volunteer Photos
- La Vide da La Vega
- Host community friends
- This is a photo I took while visiting the family members of one of my community friends in La Vega, Dominican Republic. What was originally just an experiment testing out my new camera, turned into a fascinating portrait of Dominican "campo"...
- Volunteer Photos
- Supermen
- Host community friends
- This photo was taken July 2012. My friend came to visit me and we were walking through my barrio with my host nieces. This is a beautiful view of what I get to see everyday.
- Volunteer Photos
- Find the Ball!
- HIV/AIDS; Games
- This is a photo of Dominican youth playing 'Find the Ball,' a game from the HIV prevention initiative Deportes para la Vida. Youth pass a ball from one another behind their backs in order to see if they can guess where it stops. The ball...
- Volunteer Photos