BIOGRAPHY:   Upon graduating from high school in a town of 3,000 in Northeast Wisconsin, I spent a year as a Rotary Exchange student. The experience gave me such a love for the language that I decided to pursue it at college. I attended the University of Wisconsin—Oshkosh, earning a BSE in Spanish (PK-12) and minoring in both ESL and Bilingual Education (PK-12).

After graduating from UWO, I spent a year in a small town in Northwest Minnesota, working with some missionaries to Mexican immigrants. I met daily with a group of 7 teen girls, helping with homework, leading a Bible study, going on outings, and simply sharing our lives together. It was a rewarding experience and difficult to leave, but the Lord has led me elsewhere.

REASON FOR WORKING WITH FHI: I loved FHI’s vision of working to end BOTH spiritual AND physical hungers. I also liked the idea of simply being a resource, rather than trying to impose my own culture and ideas on the people with whom we work.