Born and raised on the beautiful east coast of New Brunswick (a "Maritimer" as we are called by those from the other parts of Canada), I have always loved to travel and learn about the world. I have been fortunate that my career in communications has taken me to Turkey for a year, and to Costa Rica for six years. Of course living in these two countries allowed for lots of exploring of nearby countries.
My volunteer work with the Maritime-Guatemala Solidarity Network gave me the opportunity to be part of a carpenter team that built a school in Rabinal, Guatemala several years ago - one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. The school kids were literally swinging from the rafters as they came in groups each day to help us build and I am sure managed to break every work safety rule ever written (but there were no accidents). Despite my travels, I am a Maritimer at heart and always return to my roots and my very large Irish/Scottish (my Dad's side) and Acadien French (my Mom's side) family in New Brunswick.
I have a 13 year old son who decided he would rather attend school (go figure) rather than backpack with me for three months in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. He unfortunately didn't catch my travel bug but he is an amazing young man with a wonderful mind of his own...and he will join me for the Italy and Egypt trip in July.
I am looking forward to starting my nine-month sabatical from my communications job with the Government of New Brunswick by meeting everyone on the team and being part of what I am sure will be an amazing experience with Habitat for Humanity.
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