These are part of a mural painting project I led at the primary school in La Cruz de Abangares, Costa Rica. Depicted here is a painted ox-cart, the emblem of the province of Guanacaste, and a rodeo cowboy.
These students are creating paper models of the planet Mars, one of the crafts offered by the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE) to introduce children to astronomy concepts. INAOE, where I am assigned in the...
This is a photo of the lunch my host mother prepared for me in Moldova. I was the only one eating. Moldovans love to share food and homemade wine and they expect you to eat EVERYTHING. The food is delicious and my waistline is expanding. Many great...
I painted this world map mural on the outside of the primary school in La Cruz de Abangares, Costa Rica. It has every country in the world in Spanish, as well as inspirational quotes on the sides that I took from Martin Luther King, Jr. Together...
This photo is a shot of several cultural paintings on the exterior of the primary school in La Cruz de Abangares, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Included in this photo are the Guanacaste Tree, the phrase "Orgullosamente Guanacasteco," or "proudly...
I painted this world map mural on the outside of the primary school in my assigned community of La Cruz de Abangares, Costa Rica. Several of the students painted the Costa Rica and Guanacaste (province) flags next to the world map. Together with...
I painted this world map mural on the outside of the primary school in my assigned community of La Cruz de Abangares, Costa Rica. It has every country in the world in Spanish, as well as inspirational quotes on the sides that I took from Martin...
Full text of Who's Who in the Peace Corps--Washington, which includes staff bios of many of the founding staff members of the Peace Corps. Approximate date of publication is 1963.
This photo was taken on May 30, 2012 during a workshop my counterpart and I gave to a class of ninth graders. This is Leonor Vargas, my counterpart, and a ninth grade student. We are doing a dinamica to show the students how people use all kinds of...
I took this photo on December 12th, 2012, during my community's first ever Christmas Parade in Costa Rica. My nephews begged me to walk them to the square to watch the parade and they even managed to dig up some old Santa hats to wear. I am...
Second Grade Panamanian student named Luzmila takes a trip to a far off distant island by listening to a seashell as she and her fellow classmantes learn about geographic locations around the world and within their own country.
San Vicente, Darien,...