Abimael and I helped to start this women's group -- an hour bus ride and 30 minute walk from the municipality. They were motivated to start a group savings account and sustainable gardening projects.
After a two hour hike up nearly 1,000 meters, my counterpart and I arrive at a women's group meeting in Tuicoy, a small village outside of Todos Santos, Guatemala. The view is incredible.
Celebrations; Counterparts; Host community friends
Cande, my counterpart and best friend in the community, her mother, two daughers and I share a laugh during one of my many despedidas (going away parties) that she held for me.
Men in Todos Santos wear traditional clothing daily. The materials for the pants and shirts are produced within the municipality and the women spend months weaving the colorful, traditional collars for their shirts.
Riders take a dangerous fall during the Todos Santos Feria in the Western highlands of Guatemala. Todos Santos Cuchumatan hosts a horse race every Nov. 1 (All Saints Day). The riders and horses are typically intoxicated as they ride back and forth...
Women in Todos Santos Cuchumatan, Guatemala, prepare to walk in a parade for International Women’s Day in 2008. Gloria (left) my counterpart in the Municipal Women’s Office helped to coordinate the event.
I took this photo our first day in our training location, Sumqayit, Azerbaijan - a suburb of the capital city of Baku, and a former Soviet industrial playground perched on the Caspian Sea. Having only arrived in country a week earlier, my husband...
I took this photo in our host home during our Pre-Service Training period in Azerbaijan. My husband and I had just bought a few books in Azeri to send home to nieces and nephews. When we sat down at the table to try to translate the books into...
In Azerbaijan, it is common for produce...furniture...sheep...you name it, to be sold from the backseat of a Soviet-style Lada. This one happened to be a regular on our street and was most often full of apples. Stationed between the dentist office...
This photo was taken in a mountain village in Azerbaijan in the summer of 2011. The landscape, harsh and unyielding, personifies the lives of those in its midst. The mystery and beauty of the place personify the culture in itself.
This picture was taken of my host sisters in the village of Katuyola, Zambia in 2002. They found these large mushrooms in the bush...they were delicious!