This photo was taken in my second site, the town of Etropole, in the spring of 2011. It was taken at school with my eighth grade class, when I was learning more about how to interest the students in English lessons by incorporating their personal...
This photo was taken in the fall of 2009, soon after I arrived in my first village of in northeastern Bulgaria. We painted a mural together that featured the Bulgarian and American flags, different kinds of people, peace doves, and beautiful...
This photo was taken in the spring of 2010, as I was traveling with my students and colleagues around different villages in northeastern Bulgaria for our First of Spring celebration. Every day we see grandmothers and grandfathers on benches,...
One day I went onto my back balcony and saw a gentleman who lives in my apartment building chopping wood for his family. I took the photo in the fall of 2010, in the center of our town, Etropole. I was particularly struck by his track suit (which...