Category Archive: Peace Corps

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 […]

The Peace Corps application process has always been known to be very slow and tough.  It really tests our ability to be patient.  The Boston marathon bombing, the government shutdown, snow days and my disability have unfortunately made my impossibly slow application process for Peace Corps slower.  No joke.  Here is the timeline of my […]