Interview with Sunaree Marshall, September 6, 2020

Interview Summary

Sunaree Marshall is the daughter of a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. Her mother is from Thailand. Marshall was always around Peace Corps people and traveling and exploring in her youth. She founded a community service club in high school. Marshall studied architecture and engineering at University of California, Berkeley. Marshall preferred serving in Asia and received a youth development project assignment in Mongolia. The new project was still experimenting and learning how to engage youth. She was based in the capital, Ulaanbaatar, at an alternative school for children who were starting primary school several years later than normal or had missed extended periods of schooling for a variety of reasons. Marshall taught a variety of courses: art, dance, math, competitions between students, etc. Along with a social worker, she also introduced a life skills curriculum. Because of friction with a new school director, Marshall was moved to another site and then she extended for a third year as a Peace Corps Volunteer Leader. As a PCVL, she helped with Pre-Service Training, career advice for PCVs, grants management, and the Volunteer newsletter.

Interview Keyword

RPCV family Community service University of California, Berkeley Mongolia (Country of service) 2005-2008 (Date of service) Peace Corps Volunteer Job: Youth Development Sector Ger (Yurt) Darkhan (Mongolia) Khutul (Mongolia) Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) Alternative schools Stress Peace Corps Volunteer Leader (PCVL) Cultural sensitivity Diversity in the Peace Corps Engineering

Interview LC Subject

Peace Corps (U.S.) Peace Corps (U.S.)--Mongolia Mongolia Acculturation Communication and culture Culture Culture shock Intercultural communication Interpersonal communication and culture Interpersonal relations Interpersonal relations and culture Language and culture Language and languages Lifestyles Manners and customs Voluntarism Volunteers

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