Interview with Audrey Huetteman, January 17, 2024

Interview Summary

Audrey Huetteman served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco from 2017-2019 in a Youth in Development Program. She knew about the Peace Corps because her parents served as PCVs in Nepal. She applied to serve in Morocco because the program matched her experience as a camp counselor. She discusses difficulty with language training and not being sure she liked Morocco until she reached Ait Yahya Oulla, her assigned site where she fell in love with the country and the extended family of her counterpart with whom she lived. She worked with Arkhbil, a local NGO helping establish a sewing program which empowered 40 women to earn money and helped them establish cooperatives. She learned ‘the beauty of vulnerability”– the deep loving relationships you can form if you open yourself up to others, even if they appear so different. After Peace Corps, she started an NGO in Morocco where she lives and supports weaving cooperatives for women.

Interview Keyword

Peace Corps (US) Morocco (Country of Service) Youth in Development (Peace Corps program) 2017-2019 (years of service as Peace Corps Volunteer) Darija (Moroccan Arabic dialect) Fatiah (name of her close Moroccan sister) Abdlehak (name of her Moroccan counterpart) Arkhbil (name of the NGO with which she worked) Amalna Maroc (name of the NGO she started) Peace Corp goals.

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