I have known for about four months that in March, I will be leaving to serve as a community health volunteer in the U.S. Peace Corps but it probably won’t feel real until I board the plane to Senegal (although I imagine I will feel something when I am getting all my vaccinations). I pretty much settled on joining the Peace Corps in my senior year of high school. Having recently worked with a returned volunteer, I was curious to know who had started the Peace Corps... (continue reading)