DUN-NUN-NUN-NUNNNNNN… DUNNUNNUNNUNNNNN. That’s right everyone! I can play Europe – Final Countdown/the Geico commercial in my head on repeat and it is incredibly relevant! It’s almost been a year since I last posted about the Peace Corps, but now I’m nine days out from my departure to Washington, DC and eleven days out from my departure from Senegal! Can… Continue reading It’s the final countdown!
Well friends, I’ve made it to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia! After a series of long flights and a long layover in Dubai (not great when you go only for 12 hours and it’s night time), I made it! This is, thus far, my first trip to the African continent and, as many of you know, will… Continue reading A (work) trip to Addis Ababa
So folks, it has finally happened. What has been a longtime dream is (hopefully) going to be a reality. I have been invited to serve as a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) in Senegal as a Community Health Agent with the tentative departure date of March 2016! I can’t believe that more than a year ago, I posted… Continue reading Senegal, here we come!
I want to discuss the power of narratives in situations like Ferguson and how they can completely distort the truth and distract the general public from the true issues at hand. So I’m going to… What a shocker. Here we go! Recently, in explaining the difference in the two cases (Mike Brown and Trayvon Martin),… Continue reading Mike Brown & the Distracting Power of a Manipulated Narrative
No, I’m not a black male–duh. I am an Asian-American woman, but more importantly, I’m a human, which is why I am appalled at the current situation in Ferguson and why I stand with Mike Brown. I think it’s time that I do some explaining on what it is that is happening over yonder in… Continue reading I Stand with Mike Brown
This weekend I had the privilege of attending the largest student-led conference in the nation. It was the Western Regional International Health Conference at my alma mater, the University of Washington in Seattle; and it was a great conference with expert researchers, passionate advocates, and interdisciplinary geniuses. As I went through the different workshops and… Continue reading The Limits of Language in Global Health
Lookie here, guys! TWO blog posts in ONE week. Who. Would. Have. Thought. I was just so inspired by… …My stomach! Shocker there, right?Comin’ atcha is an on the fly “I-didn’t-know-what-to-buy-at-the-store-so-I-improvised” recipe. Get pumped. Because I am (because I’ve eaten the burger already…). So! Tonight I wanted burgers, but didn’t want red meat for some… Continue reading Quick and Easy Turkey Burgers; Oh, they’re healthy too!
Well friends, it’s finally happened. The fear of leaving the United States for two years (and three months), sharing rooms with rodents and disease-ridden bugs, squatting to drop a deuce, and being in isolation from any English-speaker for miles have given way to complete excitement and an eagerness to get out of the country. That’s… Continue reading The Beginning of Crazy Unknowns (and hopefully not the end…)
With AmeriCorps Vista, among lots of other reporting, we are responsible for creating a narrative surrounding the work we’re doing to share with our supervisors and the community. This is my very first “Story of Service” and I thought it would be worth sharing with the world, as I haven’t had too much time to… Continue reading Story of Service (Part 1): Youth development a “no brainer”
So there’s this article going around about AmeriCorps Vista service members from the Huffington Post (read in full here) regarding what AmeriCorps Vistas are doing in the current shutdown and it kind of is an interesting take on what we’re going through right now. As I have explained, we’re not technically federal employees, but we… Continue reading Day 11: I guess I’ll respond to this HuffPost Article about AmeriCorpsVistas
Not All That Glitters Is Gold 