Volume 8, December 2011
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Contributors
Sonya Alexander is a health 2 PCV and aspiring fashion and shopping magazine columnist. Her goal is to visit every major Rwandan market and never wear the same outfit twice. Sonya comes from Baltimore County and went to Washington College (in Maryland) where she studied psychology. She loves teaching camp songs, making oatmeal cookies, and coloring with the local children in Gitwe, Ruhango, in the southern province.
Megan Foster is a health 3 PCV who is from all over Oregon. She attended the University of Oregon, where she studied public relations, and public policy, planning and management. Her site is Kitabi in Nyamagabe district, right outside of Nyungwe National Park.
Sara Gaul, an education 3 PCV, is from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. She went to Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where she studied journalism and worked for two years as the editor of the school newspaper. After graduating in 2010, Sara worked at the National Aviary, a bird zoo in Pittsburgh, and was a freelancer for Patch.com, an online newspaper. Her site is in Kirehe district and she will teach English in Gatore. Sara is looking forward to seeing a giraffe or a zebra out by Tanzania.
Devin Johnson grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida, where she spent her free time surfing and eating delicious seafood. She is a health 2 PCV living in Mulindi village with education 2’s Daniel Serwon. Among other things, she enjoys literature of the American South, pets, and telling Dan to wipe his muddy shoes off before he comes in the house.
Nora Nunn, a health 2 PCV, lives in Kigali, where she works with Akazi Kanoze Youth Livelihoods Project. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and went to the University of Virginia, whose most famous dropout is Edgar Allen Poe and whose most famous alumna is Tiny Fey. Her favorite sandwich: báhn mi.
Annie Pexa is an education 2 PCV living in Rwamagana. Before joining the Peace Corps, she lived and worked in Minneapolis (America’s best kept secret) as a pediatric nurse. Annie currently teaches Senior 2 Biology and appreciates the opportunity to do something outside of the health field. She loves living in Rwanda, but she misses live music and the change of seasons more than anything else.
Jarod Ring is a health 2 PCV who considers Fayetteville, Arkansas his hometown. He graduated from Arkansas Tech in Russellville, where he majored in Emergency Administration & Management (FEMA, disaster relief, and humanitarian type work). His site is Banda Village in Nyamasheke district in the Western province. Jarod loves music, playing the guitar, writing songs, playing the drums, scaring Rwandan children, hot showers, nonleaky houses, anything that Sarah bakes, a healthy portion of akabenzi (inyama y’umubiri, of course), and finally, a nice lukewarm Fanta to top it all off!
Mark Rodehorst is an education 2 PCV from New Orleans, Louisiana. His favorite herb is rosemary, he really likes pistachios, and if he were a cake, he would be a carrot cake.
Daniel Serwon is an education 2 PCV who lives in Mulindi with health 2 PCV Devin Johnson (who is terrified of demon possession, by the way). He also lives with Kibirinka Irene, their cat Koboyi, and a sweetheart of an umukozi, Anualita, who pretends to be sick. Dan hosts Pinoxo, the cat who belongs to PCV Lucy Sung, when school is out. Whether it is Meddy, Simon, or someone else, Devin and Dan always seem to have company. Dan’s personal hero is Mark Zuckerberg for stealing everyone else’s ideas. Because Dan is not very creative, either, he would do the same thing given the opportunity. Dan also really likes getting his feet really disgusting when he comes home because he wants to give Anualita something to do.
Lucy Sung is an education 2 PCV in Gicumbi district, Northern province. She hails from the city of Mexican tacos, frozen taro yogurt, and Lakers. She enjoys watching clouds roll down into her valley during the rainy season.
Megan Foster is a health 3 PCV who is from all over Oregon. She attended the University of Oregon, where she studied public relations, and public policy, planning and management. Her site is Kitabi in Nyamagabe district, right outside of Nyungwe National Park.
Sara Gaul, an education 3 PCV, is from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. She went to Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where she studied journalism and worked for two years as the editor of the school newspaper. After graduating in 2010, Sara worked at the National Aviary, a bird zoo in Pittsburgh, and was a freelancer for Patch.com, an online newspaper. Her site is in Kirehe district and she will teach English in Gatore. Sara is looking forward to seeing a giraffe or a zebra out by Tanzania.
Devin Johnson grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida, where she spent her free time surfing and eating delicious seafood. She is a health 2 PCV living in Mulindi village with education 2’s Daniel Serwon. Among other things, she enjoys literature of the American South, pets, and telling Dan to wipe his muddy shoes off before he comes in the house.
Nora Nunn, a health 2 PCV, lives in Kigali, where she works with Akazi Kanoze Youth Livelihoods Project. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and went to the University of Virginia, whose most famous dropout is Edgar Allen Poe and whose most famous alumna is Tiny Fey. Her favorite sandwich: báhn mi.
Annie Pexa is an education 2 PCV living in Rwamagana. Before joining the Peace Corps, she lived and worked in Minneapolis (America’s best kept secret) as a pediatric nurse. Annie currently teaches Senior 2 Biology and appreciates the opportunity to do something outside of the health field. She loves living in Rwanda, but she misses live music and the change of seasons more than anything else.
Jarod Ring is a health 2 PCV who considers Fayetteville, Arkansas his hometown. He graduated from Arkansas Tech in Russellville, where he majored in Emergency Administration & Management (FEMA, disaster relief, and humanitarian type work). His site is Banda Village in Nyamasheke district in the Western province. Jarod loves music, playing the guitar, writing songs, playing the drums, scaring Rwandan children, hot showers, nonleaky houses, anything that Sarah bakes, a healthy portion of akabenzi (inyama y’umubiri, of course), and finally, a nice lukewarm Fanta to top it all off!
Mark Rodehorst is an education 2 PCV from New Orleans, Louisiana. His favorite herb is rosemary, he really likes pistachios, and if he were a cake, he would be a carrot cake.
Daniel Serwon is an education 2 PCV who lives in Mulindi with health 2 PCV Devin Johnson (who is terrified of demon possession, by the way). He also lives with Kibirinka Irene, their cat Koboyi, and a sweetheart of an umukozi, Anualita, who pretends to be sick. Dan hosts Pinoxo, the cat who belongs to PCV Lucy Sung, when school is out. Whether it is Meddy, Simon, or someone else, Devin and Dan always seem to have company. Dan’s personal hero is Mark Zuckerberg for stealing everyone else’s ideas. Because Dan is not very creative, either, he would do the same thing given the opportunity. Dan also really likes getting his feet really disgusting when he comes home because he wants to give Anualita something to do.
Lucy Sung is an education 2 PCV in Gicumbi district, Northern province. She hails from the city of Mexican tacos, frozen taro yogurt, and Lakers. She enjoys watching clouds roll down into her valley during the rainy season.