Kate Calhoun is originally from the Cincinnati area, but is joining us from Hawai’i where she has lived for the last three years. She served in the PC in Zambia in the Linking Income, Food, and Environment (LIFE) program. Kate will be studying for a Masters in Social Work and serving with the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services.

Alejandra Quintero is originally from Minnesota but has been living in Washington, D.C. for the last 5 years. As a Peace Corps volunteer she worked in English Education in the Republic of Georgia. She will be studying for a Masters of Social Work and serving with the Choice program as a Latinx Liaison.

Geneva Tatem joins us from Reston, Virginia. She served in the Peace Corps in the Kyrgyz Republic for 3 years, 2 as a TEFL Volunteer and 1 as a Community Youth Development Volunteer. She will be studying for a Masters in Intercultural Communication, and says she is most looking forward learning new things and meeting new people.

Vathani Logendran comes from Corvallis, Oregon. She served in the Peace Corps in Botswana as a youth and development specialist. She will be studying for a Masters of Public health and serving with Retriever Essentials.

Madison Pickard hails originally from Washington state, but has been living in Thailand for the past 3 years. She served in Ecuador from ‘16-‘18 where she worked as a teacher trainer in the TEFL program. She will be studying Intercultural Communication and working with the Center for Global Engagement at UMBC.

Latisha Pledger is from Chesapeake, Virginia and went to Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. Latisha served as an education volunteer  in Liberia and was an active member on Peace Corps Liberia’s Gender Committee. Latisha will be studying Community Leadership and working with the Choice Jobs program at UMBC.

Larree Strickland comes from New Orleans and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Samoa as an English Literacy resource teacher. Larree will be studying Social Work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and working with Soccer Without Borders, Baltimore.

Betty Yu will be joining us from Phoenix, Arizona. She was a TEFL and Community Development volunteer in Peace Corps Mongolia. She will be studying for a Masters of Applied Sociology at UMBC and working with the Mayor’s office of Immigrant Affairs.

Andrea Moreno comes from San Antonia, Texas. She served in the Peace Corps in Cameroon as a secondary English teacher. She will be working with the Lakeland Community and STEAM Center and pursuing at Masters of Public Health at the University of Maryland Baltimore.

Allison Mitchell comes originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She served in the Peace Corps in Zambia , where she was a Rural Education Development volunteer. She will be studying for a Masters of Social Work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and working at the Commodore John Rogers Elementary-Middle School.

Taylor Gentry comes from Seattle, Washington. He was an education volunteer in Peace Corps Liberia, and will study for a Masters of Engineering Management here at UMBC while working with the Walden Circle Community Center.

Maia Scarabelli will be joining us from Honduras where she has been working as a teacher. In Peace Corps she was a TEFL volunteer in Myanmar and she will continue that work here at UMBC as she studies for a Masters in TESOL.

Jok Abraham Thon is our inaugural Peaceworker Global Fellow. He joins us from Juba, South Sudan, where he is the founder and director of the Promise Land Secondary School. He will be studying for a Masters in Entrepreneurship and will be working at both The Shriver Center and UMBC’s Center for Global Engagement.