Author Archives: Rachel

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg When I attended a Peace Corps event a few months ago, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer said to me, “The news media will be your […]

Many Peace Corps volunteers advised me to bring lots of books because my access to internet, television and many entertainments will be limited, and I will have a lot of downtime.   Believe or not, I am looking forward to receiving some rehabilitation for internet addiction.  I am undeniably addicted to the internet.  It has […]

Just a few days prior to finally receiving an invitation to serve in the Peace Corps this past April, I wrote a letter to my congressman, Joe Kennedy III, who is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and great-nephew of John F. Kennedy, asking for assistance in reaching out to Peace Corps to create a more […]

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.  So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor.  Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.  Dream.  Discover.” – Mark Twain   There was a time in my life when […]

“…while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the people who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Steve Jobs To the people who may think I am crazy to be willing to fly thousands of miles to live in […]