April 23rd: Last day at EGHS with my AVID Family
May 4th: Graduate from Florida Tech with a Masters of Science in Environmental Education
May 15th: Attended the Lilian Carter Award Ceremony in Atlanta with my great aunt Alberta & meet several incredible Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
June 24th: Attend Staging in Philadelphia and meet seventeen new best friends
June 25th: Leave Newark, New Jersey for a layover in Brussels, Belgium and then on to Africa!
June 26th: Arrive in The Gambia, West Africa!!!
July 3rd: Move to training village (Meriama Kunda) and meet my host family
July 4th: Attend naming ceremony and Gambian cultural show
July 10th-14th: Medically evacuated to Dakar, Senegal
July 16th: Found out permanent site (Maka Farafenni) & chopped off all my hair
July 29th-August 1st: Teach 6th grade science (the 7 classes of animals) during "model school"
August 19th-24th: Attended supervisor's workshop, visit permanent site & meet my new host family
September 13th: Officially swear-in as a Peace Corps Volunteer!!!
