Haiti

In exactly one week I will be on a plane to one of the most unlikely of places – Haiti. I’ll be on a 10-day volunteer trip teaching English and helping with locally-run projects. I’m trying to stay away from reading blogs, stories and news articles about where I’m going and what it could be like. […]

As a small kid growing up, I always looked forward to school. For me, it meant new teachers and new friends, but it also meant I got new clothes and went shopping for shiny new school supplies. In elementary, I didn’t understand that my abundance was not average. I didn’t get that not every child […]