The hyphen between my middle initials is intentional; my siblings and I each have hyphenated middle names. I was born and raised in urban Idaho but my heart belongs to Seattle. I have a strong allegiance to the Northwest and independent coffee shops. I worked prior to entering graduate school: - in a Seattle non-profit dedicated to eradicating poverty in Central America through microcredit enterprises, Global Partnerships. - as an AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteer In Service to America) with North Carolina Campus Compact on projects pertaining to civic engagement and service learning. http://www.globalpartnerships.orghttp://www.americorps.org/about/programs/vista.asphttp://org.elon.edu/nccc/shapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2
"It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them - the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas." -Fyodor Dostoyevsky Facts that you won’t find on my CV...