Welcome to my Blog!
In December 2025, I completed two years as a Community Health Volunteer in rural Ancash, Peru, where I worked in two objectives:
- Promoting coordination between the local health post and school to expand nutrition, mental health, physical activity, and sexual and reproductive health education in adolescents, and
- Supporting Peru’s national strategy to combat anemia and malnutrition in children under 5 through educational training activities and working alongside community health workers.
I have since decided to stay through 2026 as the region’s Peace Corps Volunteer Leader, in which I will continue to work within maternal and adolescent health while also assisting Peace Corps staff in site identification, preparation, and volunteer support.
This blog is a space for me to document and reflect on my service and experiences while also keeping friends and family updated on my life.
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If you’ve made it this far, thank you for reading!
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….Yes, I’m Still Here
It has been an embarrassingly long time since I last wrote. 7 months, to be exact. As one may imagine, a lot has happened since then. Here’s the recap: World Food Day: Culminating My Grant For those who remember, I spent much of 2025 dedicated to my Peace Corps grant which focused on hands-on nutrition…
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Huayhuash: One of the most beautiful cordilleras in the world
A couple of weeks ago, I checked off one of the major Ancash bucket list items: the Huayhuash Trek – an 8-day, 115km (70 mile) trek that takes you through 8,000ft of elevation gain and a maximum altitude of 16,732ft (5,100m). I did it alongside 7 other volunteers, and a guide team run by a…
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The Gordon Ramsay of Iron-Rich Cooking: A Peace Corps Small Grant
For the final quarter of 2024, I spent one too many hours applying for the Peace Corps Small Grant, a maximum $2,500 sum towards any project within my objectives as a Community Health Volunteer (which are teen health and anemia prevention). After many discussions with friends, family, and local counterparts, I had my idea: improving…
Travel makes you modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.
– Gustavo Flaubert
