Chase Adam, Founder of Watsi.org

Travis sits down with Chase to talk about launching Watsi, becoming the first nonprofit ever funded by Y Combinator and much more! Listen here.

Dina Navar, Mentoring Programs with Peace Corps

In this interview, Bonnie sits down with recent RPCV Dina Navar (Costa Rica) to discuss her Peace Corps experiences and specifically her role as a mentee and mentor in the National Peace Corps Association's Mentoring program. 

Dina Navar served as a Rural Community Development Volunteer in Costa Rica where after following her two-year commitment, she served a third year as a Peace Corps Volunteer Leader (PCVL).  After finishing her Peace Corps service, she participated in the National Peace Corps Association’s mentoring program as a mentee and mentor to recently returned volunteers.  She currently serves as a Mentoring Special Advisor on the National Peace Corps Association Serving Volunteer Advisory Council (SVAC).  

Alex Hill, RPCV & English Educator

In this interview, Bonnie sits down with Alex Hill. Alex served with Bonnie in Peace Corps Mongolia from 2010-2012. Listen in as Alex describes her Peace Corps experience, as well as some of the differences between working in a country as a volunteer and then as the lead English instructor for the American University of Mongolia. Listen here.

John Mark King, RPCV

In this interview, Bonnie sits down with John Mark King, a former Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Uzbekistan. John Mark is currently the director of American University of Mongolia's English Language Institute. Listen in as they discuss opportuntiies for teaching English and living abroad and some of John Mark's experiences of being both a Peace Corps Volunteer and an American living abroad.

Lauren Bernstein, Marketing Tips for Volunteers

In this interview, Bonnie sits down with Lauren Bernstein, a currently serving community youth development volunteer in Morocco, to discuss marketing projects as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Lauren shares how her prior experience in marketing in New York City has helped her gain support for projects during her Peace Corps experience. She also shares tips for blogging and talks about her involvement with the National Peace Corps Association's Serving Volunteer Advisory Council, which she serves on as the Public Relations Senior Advisor.  Listen here

Amparo Garcia, Stomping Out Malaria

In this interview, Travis sits down with Amparo Garcia. Amparo served as a Peace Corps Response Volunteer in Mali as Start-up Coordinator for Stomping Out Malaria in Africa (Peace Corps/President's Malaria Initative) in 2011. Stomping Out Malaria in Africa was built on the vision that through strategic partnerships, targeted training and mobilization of Volunteers, intelligent use of information technology, and radically efficient use of seed funding, Peace Corps will focus the efforts of over 3,000 Volunteers in sub-Saharan Africa to make an immediate and measurable impact in the fight against malaria.
Listen in here.

Julie Nelson, PCVL in Azerbaijan

In this interview, Julie and Travis discuss the flexibility that comes with being a Peace Corps Volunteer, the community and network that comes with being part of the Peace Corps family, and what it's like to be a Volunteer. This is a great look at the Peace Corps experience for any future Volunteers out there!