I arrived at site in mid December and was invited to an office Christmas Lunch. I accepted the invitation but the "lunch" was really a dinner and a huge party at a local restaurant. The night included dancing and singing by all. As I know now as...
This photo was taken on September 12, 2009, as our group of MAK-14 trainees were on our way to Skopje, Macedonia and there were connecting flight delays.
Artists and Artisans at Stari Zanaeti along with Peace Corps Volunteer, Tracy Sparks, are studying methods of 3D sculpting and Adaptation of Traditional Artisan Motifs with plans to develop market ready functional objects, such as housewares and...
This is my multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and multi-national folk group: Los Kratovskis Chicanos Fantasticos. It was comprised of a Macedonian music teacher, a Roma student, a Macedonian student, and myself, a Mexican-American. We were practicing...
This elderly brother and sister lived alone, miles away from a village or city in the foothills of the Baba Mountain range near Bitola, Macedonia. They had so little for themselves, and yet when I was hiking through with a Macedonian friend in...
This photo was taken on June 9, 2007 in Bansko, Macedonia when the Little League baseball team from the village of Novo Selo traveled to play a game with the team from Bansko. The teams were coached by two Volunteers who wished to introduce the...
This photo was taken on September 27, 2008 in Koleshino, Macedonia at the First Annual NovoFest. The local municipality of Novo Selo wished to develop their tourist industry during my Peace Corps assignment in their local economic development...
I took this photo on January 12, 2010, one month after arriving at site. I started teaching a one-hour long English class everyday during working hours, splitting the group into two sections. Each group met twice a week for a total of 2 hours per...
In this picture I am dancing the Macedonian traditional dance, the Oro, for the first time with my host father. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing, but thankfully he was able to tell me the dance steps. Too bad I didnt understand enough...