Meet the Housemates

Before I get into describing the wonder that is Sitka, Alaska I figured I would briefly introduce you all to my housemates for the next year.

Evie is from just outside Seattle and went to Western Washington University. She found out about being accepted to JVC and her placement in Sitka very recently and is really good at mimicking accents. Last night she guided us along a quest to find our individual spirit animals. Mine was the owl!

Greg is my roommate and just graduated from St. Louis University. He grew up in Buffalo, went to Canisius High School (yay Jesuits!) and played ultimate Frisbee in high school and throughout college. He traveled to Africa for a class on International Social Work and Development so I am super pumped to share experiences from Tanzania and work through some of our shared experiences and challenges that we continue to face following our respective trips.

Katie is from about 45 minutes away from Baltimore and graduated from Mt. Saint Mary’s. She will be working for Big Brothers Big Sisters and also took 5 children’s books out of the library as soon as she got her library card; last night she read Fish is Fish to us aloud like kindergarten teachers do.

Natalie is from Southern Illinois and went to Marquette University. She is working with me at Sitkans Against Family Violence (SAFV) as a women’s advocate and is a great artist who has really taken to making origami cranes over the past couple of days.