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Weeks 106 – 109: Monday, September 1, 2025 – Sunday, September 28, 202

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Good morning, everyone, I hope you are doing well. September has been a good month here in Mexico.  I spent most of this month in Neblinas, working on finishing my grant project and soaking up as much time as possible with my host family and community before I finish service in just a couple of weeks. (More on that reality later). As you all know, for a few months now, I've been working on a project at the casa de cultura in Neblinas. The goals of the project are to promote biodiversity conservation and plastic waste reduction as well as beautify the outside space at the casa de cultura to make it more inviting and welcoming to community members.  At the beginning of this month, we were able to complete the construction of an eco-bench with the help of individuals who work for the municipality. The construction took 2 days and ultimately resulted in a bench that,  while not exactly as envisioned , serves its intended purpose and provides the casa de cultura with a permane...
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Weeks 104 & 105: Monday, August 18, 2025 – Sunday, August 31, 2025

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Good afternoon, everyone, I hope you are all enjoying your weekends.  Yesterday officially marked my 2-year anniversary in Mexico! I can hardly believe it. It's amazing to think that I've been living in Mexico for two whole years and that my service is almost coming to an end.  To mark the end of my service, I thought I would share with you all an interview I wrote for a fellow PCV in Armenia, Jim Damico. Jim reached out to me a few weeks ago via LinkedIn and asked me if I was interested in participating in his project in which he interviews volunteers serving all over the world. My interview is #118 if that tells you anything about the impressive number of volunteers that he has interviewed. I'm excited about this interview, and I'm even more excited about the fact that in a couple of months, Jim has offered to publicize it across his various social media platforms in an effort to help me gain the attention of potential employers in my field.  I hope you enjoy reading ...
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Weeks 100 – 103: Monday, July 21, 2025 – Sunday, August 17, 2025

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Good evening, everyone, I hope you have been well and haven't missed me too much in my absence.  We have a lot of ground to cover in this edition of the newsletter. It's been a whirlwind of the last few weeks. I'm just starting to feel grounded in reality again. So let me think, where did we leave off? I believe in my last update, I was still in the midst of the summer course I helped to run last month in collaboration with Yuliana, the director of the culture house. Well, after week 1 of the course, we continued with a second week of even more fun, painting, coloring, running around, doing arts and crafts, learning English, and so much more. It was a tiring but fulfilling 2 weeks of entertaining the kids and seeing them have such a great time playing and spending time outside with friends.  Our summer course ended joyfully on Thursday afternoon with a convivio (potluck) provided by the parents of the kids and supplemented by food prepared by Yuliana, Rayanne, and me.  On...
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