Interview with Mark Heisey, July 25, 2023
Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project
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Mark Heisey served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic from 2009-2011 in a Community Environmental Development and Education program. He discusses his motivation to join the Peace Corps and a medical issue that delayed his acceptance and assignment to a country. He talks about host families with whom he lived during training and initially after placement and the friendliness and generosity of Dominicans. He discusses projects he worked on with a women’s group, an environmental youth group, US medical missions and projects that didn’t pan out. He says that he was there more on a personal journey than trying to save the world. He says the most important impact of Peace Corps was on broadening his perspective on life, recognizing that there are different ways to be happy. He discusses his continuing contacts with Dominicans says the Dominican Republic is one of his favorite places to visit.Interview Accession
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Heisey, Mark Interview by Evelyn Ganzglass. 25 Jul. 2023. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Heisey, M. (2023, July 25). Interview by E. Ganzglass. Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Heisey, Mark, interview by Evelyn Ganzglass. July 25, 2023, Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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