Author Archives: Rachel

Prior to joining the Peace Corps, I worked for a non-profit organization full-time for two years. I made a policy not to friend any of my colleagues on Facebook while I was working at the organization. I had nothing to hide on Facebook. I just wanted to set clear boundaries between my professional and personal […]

Ruth’s shop. It’s where magic happens. On many days, you may not find me in the office of my host organization. You will instead find me on most days in the shop of my counterpart, Ruth, where I work with her to tackle many challenges in the disability community. While Ruth is a treasurer for […]

In the past three days, I attended a local workshop for persons with disability on advocacy.  Almost all people who were present at the workshop were persons with disability from all over the Northwest region.  Many of the information at the workshop were not new for me personally due to my already having so many […]

“…you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference […]

To the people in California who is experiencing a major water crisis, you have my deepest sympathies. For the past three and a half weeks, I had no running water. My life turned into like those of majority of Peace Corps Volunteers in Cameroon. I’m one of the small number of volunteers who has indoor […]