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  Caitlin Dickson, June 19, 2020

  Dickson discusses her brief time working with youth in and out of school in Nukutcia, Fiji. She talks about her training, living conditions, and her early…
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  Madeline Radkey Kellner, June…

  Madeline Kellner was a Peace Corps Response Volunteer in women's leadership in Peru with her husband Clint from January 2020 - March 2020. They had originally…
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  Violet Esipila, June 15, 2020

  Violet Esipila describes her original Peace Corps experience, from her and her family's reaction to her joining, through training and her 2 years at a small…
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  Earvin Casciano, July 22, 2020

  Earvin Casciano served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Fiji from August 2018 through March 2020, working in the Youth Development Sector. Earvin was born in…
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  Kristina "Nina" Boe, July 20,…

  Kristina "Nina" Boe was a Peace Corps volunteer in North Macedonia from December 2018 until she was evacuated in March 2020 due to COVID-19. Boe had a history…
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  Athanasios "Tommy" Kolovos,…

  Athanasios "Tommy" Kolovos served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Madagascar from September 2019 through March 2020, in the education program as an English…
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  Susan Boohaker, July 27, 2020

  Susan Boohaker served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal from September 2018 to March 2020. Her parents worked for Foreign Service. She lived in eight…
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  Kenney Tran, July 23, 2020

  Kenney Tran served as a Peace Corps volunteer in in a Community Economic Development program in Salamina Magdalena, Colombia from July 2018 until March 2020,…
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  Katie McAndrew, July 28, 2020

  Katie McAndrew served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Zambia from February 2018 through March 2020. Katie first heard about Peace Corps while in college at…
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  Gentian "Genti" Leka, July 30,…

  Gentian "Genti" Leka is a host country national who is the Training Manager for Peace Corps Albania and Montenegro. Montenegro had just been added as the 142nd…
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  Rachael Rosenberg, July 30,…

  Rachael Rosenberg served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Georgia from April 2018 to March 2020 when she was evacuated because of the COVID-19 pandemic. She joined…
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  Leora Kurtzer, July 31, 2020

  Leora Kurtzer served as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching English in Southwest China from April 2018 to February 2020 when she was evacuated because of the…
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  Chikamso Chukwu, July 29, 2020

  Chikamso Chukwu served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Timor-Leste from October 2018 until she was evacuated because of COVID-19 in March 2020. She taught English…
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  Ramata Sy, July 21, 2020

  Ramata Sy served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mozambique from May 2019 to March 2020, in the Health Program. Ramata’s parents immigrated to the U.S. from…
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  Iliana Hernandez, July 30,…

  Iliana Hernandez was a Peace Corps Volunteer in North Macedonia from September 2018 until she was evacuated in March 2020 due to COVID-19. She has a history of…
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  Hallie Jane Brown, August 1,…

  Hallie Brown served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Republic of The Gambia from October 2018 through March 2020, in the Health Program. Brown first heard of Peace…
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  William "Will" Arrington,…

  William "Will" Arrington served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Armenia from March 2019 to March 2020 when he was evacuated because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He…
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  Lanieta Budi, July 3, 2020

  Lanieta Budi served in Republic of The Gambia from October 2018 - March 2020. Budi is from Glen Allen, Virginia. She studied political science and chemistry at…
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  Annabelle Vanderwerf, August…

  Annabelle Vanderwerf served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lesotho from September 2019 to March 2020 when she was evacuated due to COVID-19. Annabelle first…
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  Emily Ruhm, August 5, 2020

  Emily Ruhm served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal from September 2019 until she was evacuated because of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. She…
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  Kaitlin Emily Comfort, August…

  Kaitlin Comfort served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador from January 2019 to March 2020, working in the Education Program as an English teacher. While in…
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  Megan McDonell, August 3, 2020

  Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) Megan McDonell served as a Youth Development Specialist in Morocco from September 2019 - March 2020 when she was evacuated…
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  Hana Admassu, August 9, 2020

  Hana Admassu was born in Ethiopia and immigrated to the United States at age 18. She served as a Peace Corps Youth Development and Response Volunteer in Ukraine…
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  Eli Wittum, August 12, 2020

  Eli Wittum grew up in a multi-generational military family. After working as an environment technician, he decided to apply to various military services and…
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  Matthew Skros, August 12, 2020

  Matthew Skros served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Albania from January 2020 to March 2020, when he was evacuated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Matthew was…
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  Russell Bucher, August 9, 2020

  Russell "Wolfgang" Bucher served in Ecuador from 2017 to 2020. He served as a Youth Development Volunteer as well as a Volunteer Leader. During the evacuation,…
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  J'Ana Diamond, August 14, 2020

  J’Ana Diamond served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in China from June 2019 to February 2020, in the Education Program. She was accepted on her third application,…
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  Sophie Mills, August 17, 2020

  Sophie Mills earned a B.A. in political science from Davidson University. She was interested in 21st century global challenges, e.g. climate change and the…
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  Emmery Brakke, August 7, 2020

  Emmery Brakke is an evacuated Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Ukraine from September 2017 until she was evacuated in March 2020 due to COVID-19. She worked…
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  Tristan Menachof, August 19,…

  Tristan Menachof family’s values focused on “giving back” and understanding diversity. He saw Peace Corps as an opportunity to fulfill those values. He…
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  David Park, August 19, 2020

  David Park was born in South Korea. His grandfather was a politician. He went to College of William & Mary for a B.A. in government. He received his first…
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  Jacob Argue, August 20, 2020

  Jacob Argue’s family valued “giving back”! Looking for opportunities, he learned about Peace Corps through research as being high impact/soft power. He…
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  Rosa Johnson, August 20, 2020

  Rosa Johnson knew of Peace Corps from a cousin and from professors. She went to George Washington University for a B.A. in International Relations. She received…
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  Nicholas Konstantine Flessas,…

  Nicholas Konstantine Flessas completed Peace Corps training for service in a health program in Ghana and was sworn in as a volunteer in March 2020 just before…
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  Jerome Siangco, August 21,…

  Jerome Siangco served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in China from June 2019 to February 2020, in the Education Program. While studying Asian Studies in college,…
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  Evelina Alibegovska, August…

  Evelina Alibegovska is a host-country-national Peace Corps staff member in North Macedonia. She has worked for Peace Corps for 20 years and is the training…
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  Lindsey Calhoun, August 22,…

  Lindsey Calhoun graduated from the University of South Carolina Aiken with a degree in Early Childhood Education. She taught Chinese children English online…
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  Whitney Brown, August 14, 2020

  This is the first of two interviews conducted with Whitney Brown for the Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project. [Part two available here]…
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  Claire Gracia, August 17, 2020

  Claire Gracia was raised in a bi-cultural family. She earned a degree in global studies and Spanish from Bryant University. She had experience in youth…
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  Whitney Brown, August 20, 2020

  This is the second of two interviews conducted with Whitney Brown for the Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project. [Part one available here]…
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  Emma Luu Van Lang, August 25,…

  Emma Luu Van Lang served as a Peace Corps volunteer assigned to Kédougou, Senegal from February 2018 until she was evacuated because of COVID-19 in March 2020.…
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  Dylan Hallsmith, August 26,…

  Dylan Hallsmith served in Botswana from July 2019 to March 2020 when he was evacuated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. His parents worked in higher education and…
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  Milica "Mimi" Kirovska, August…

  Dr. Milica "Mimi" Kirovska is a host-country-national Peace Corps staff member from North Macedonia. She has been a medical officer for 16 years for North…
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  Steven Williams, August 26,…

  Steven Williams learned self-motivation through Montessori. He learned of Peace Corps through studies of conflict analysis and dispute resolution at Salisbury…
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  Katherine Brochu, August 13,…

  Katherine Brochu served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Armenia in the Education Program from March 2019 to March 2020. She learned about Peace Corps at a…
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  Jesse Fowler, August 28, 2020

  Jesse Fowler was a Peace Corps volunteer in Mexico. He entered into duty in June 2019, was sworn in in August 2019, and was evacuated in March 2020 due to…
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  DeVo'n Espinoza, August 30,…

  DeVo’n Espinoza was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guinea from 2017-2019 as a public health volunteer, and a community health Response Volunteer in Liberia from…
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  Adam Greenberg, September 4,…

  Adam Greenberg was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Zambia from 2018-2020 as a Rural Aquaculture Promotion Extension Agent. The Zambian government asked Peace Corps…
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  Katie Todd, September 4, 2020

  Katie Todd served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Benin from June 2019 to March 2020 when she was evacuated due to COVID-19. She served as an Agricultural and…
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  Ellis Owens, September 9, 2020

  Ellis Owens served as a Peace Corps volunteer in an agriculture/forestry program in Senegal from September 2019 until he was evacuated in March 2020 because of…
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  Margaret Ann "Maggie" Jarry,…

  Margaret Ann "Maggie" Jarry just finished her training and hoped to serve as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Likpe Kukuratumi, Ghana when they were suddenly…
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  David Wilcox, September 5,…

  David Wilcox had an art degree, but he didn’t think it would qualify him for the Peace Corps. So, he went to City College of New York for another degree in…
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  Victoria Kaytlan…

  Victoria Kaytlan Filimoehala-Egan served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Fiji from 2019 to 2020 in the Youth in Development Program. She was evacuated in March…
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  Avriel Glass, September 24,…

  Avriel Glass served as a Peace Corps volunteer in an education program in Indonesia from September 2019 to March 2020 when she was evacuated because of Covid…
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  Montfort Cassell, September…

  Montfort Cassell was born in Sierra Leone during the civil war before coming to the United States. He attended Montgomery Community College for two years and…
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  Kathryn Hermanowski, September…

  Kathryn Hermanowski served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the health sector in Primero de Marzo in Cordillera, Paraguay from April 2019 to March 2020, at which…
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  Marco Moreno, November 11,…

  Marco Moreno served as a Peace Corps volunteer in an education program in Samoa from October 6, 2019 until March 18, 2020 when all volunteers worldwide were…
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  Hugh McIvor, August 17, 2020