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My name is Carla Moran. I am a graduate from the University of Guelph with a Bachelor of Arts and Science. While I have a double major in Studio Art and Geographical Information Systems, I plan to pursue a future in the medical profession either in policy making or as a practioner. Immediately, I am focusing on traveling as much as I can in the hopes of learning from cross-cultural experiences. I have been fortunate to have had many travel experiences already for leisure; study and for volunteer based initiatives such as this trip to Tanzania. In my short experience, traveling has offered many invaluable insights and life lessons. And this is just the beginning! At 16, the first opportunity that my parents could possibly say yes, I saved and fundraised for a month long trip to Australia. This was my first trip crossing an ocean and trying my hand at surfing! Towards the end of high school I saved and fundraised again in order to participate in a program to study biology in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. Although it was primarily an academic trip there were opportunities for experiential learning such as a tour of some indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest. This was my first exposure to the kind of poverty found in the developing world. During my sixth semester at university I studied abroad in Glasgow, Scotland. After completing the semester, I spent the rest of the summer months backpacking through the British Isles, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Czech Republic and Sweden. This trip really cemented in my mind that there was so much more of the world left to see. In February (2007), I was selected to lead a team of volunteers for hurricane relief in Mississippi. We worked alongside Habitat for Humanity and AmeriCorps, participating in house building and other various clean-up projects. Most recently, last summer (2007) as a volunteer with Frontier College, I worked on a tree farm alongside Mexican migrant workers. I worked long hours, 6 days a week and at night organized and facilitated English classes. Needless to say it was one of the most physically draining and emotionally challenging summers of my life! The invaluable experiences I have gained both as a leader and participant in programs such as these have contributed greatly to my worldview and my understanding of the many imbalances in the world. I am driven by my conviction to offer what I can to help rectify some of these imbalances and to stay open to whatever I stand to learn from those who have access to less. My scheduled return from Tanzania is the end of November, although I am planning for another placement in a Tanzanian clinic afterwards. I am really excited about this opportunity to work with Youth Challenge International and I look forward sharing my experiences (and probably billions of photos!) with you when I return.
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