C’est quoi? C’est qui?

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Oh hi, I’m Jessie, the mastermind behind this blog. I am originally from Washington D.C. — even though I not-so-secretly wish I were a Seattleite. I traveled, lived, taught, and studied on four continents before ending up as an ESL teacher with the Peace Corps in Madagascar just outside the pleasant highland town of Antsirabe. I adore rock climbing, biking, eating good food, and of course blogging and writing my a** off when not teaching my entourage of 7th grade students at the local middle school or helping out at the our English Center.

I’ve also been doing a lot of writing while hiding in my hobbit hole. Check it out:

Things I’ve Written Elsewhere:

@GoOverseas

• The Importance of Volunteering with Refugees
• Top 5 Countries for Teaching Abroad in Africa
• Volunteer in San Jose, Costa Rica Guide
• Volunteer in Africa Guide
• Gap Year in Cape Town Guide
• Teaching ESL as a Non-Native Speaker: Interview with a Malagasy Teacher
• Teaching ESL: Travel Opportunity or Serious Job?
• Eating Our Way to Better English
• When All You Have is a Bag of Chalk
• Should Teachers Use an International Standard of English?
• Beyond the Tourism Websites: Volunteering in Malta
• The Guilt Complex of Teaching English Abroad
• Expat Life: Social Customs of Senegal
• When All You Have is a Bag of Chalk

@BootsnAll

• Rock Climbing and Trekking in Andringitra, Madagascar
• How to Be an Independent Backpacker in Madagascar

@Matadornetwork

• Love and Loss in the Backseat of a Bangkok Taxi

@Vagabundo

• Killing a Goat like a Gringo in Popoyo, Nicaragua
• Becoming Part of the Bedtime Stories in Tanzania

@Other

• An interview about Madagascar at travelinksites.com
• Re-posted blog on operationsmile.org

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