Foreign Service Officer and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
Author: pennypostcard
Spent most of the last 20 years abroad or in Washington, DC, but left my heart in northern California. I graduated from San Diego State University in 2001 with a bachelor's in psychology, and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Republic of Macedonia from 2002-2004. In 2006 I earned my master of international relations from Macquarie University in Sydney and relocated to the Washington, DC area. In the fall of 2011 I became a candidate for the United States Foreign Service, and in the summer of 2014 I finally made it to my dream job!
It’s been a very long time since I thought I had something blog-worthy to write about. Eleven years ago this spring, I was about four months into my service as an environmental education and management Peace Corps Volunteer in the Republic of Macedonia. I would frequently use my laptop to compose lengthy email missives to…