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Hospital Visits + ‘White’ Privilege(?)

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I don’t worry about wearing a hoodie, or driving, or being perceived as threatening or dangerous, simply by my existence. Being Asian-American, I experience a different kind of racism. The...

April 3, 2017
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Peace Corps, Ponders

Happy International Women’s Day!

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As you know, my work revolves around women’s empowerment and girls’ education. I always knew I had a deep appreciation for women. My mom was superwoman. Now that she’s gone,...

March 8, 2017
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Sad news.

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In the spirit of full disclosure, Victoria has left her job here in Rundu and moved back to Windhoek with her abusive husband. He called a meeting with both families...

August 1, 2016
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Peace Corps

What? A pregnant 10yr old?

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I talk about how important education is, and how it’s a key that opens any door you want, how self-esteem is not needing anyone (especially men) to give you...

July 21, 2016
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The Joys of a (Not-so) Small Win: Victoria’s Story

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In sharing her encounter with me, she beamed and said he’d yelled, “The American must have said something to you. You’ve never talked back to me before. Let me...

July 13, 2016
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Officially a Peace Corps Volunteer!

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An quick (picture) update on swearing in, becoming an official volunteer, and my first couple of weeks at site! More coming this week!

July 11, 2016
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About Kimmi

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Although born and raised in Boston, Kimmi is a self-proclaimed citizen of the world. Having found ways to travel to more than 25 countries since she was 18, Kimmi believes at our core, we're all just looking for human connections, and based on that, has been able to globe-trot the world with side jobs, scholarships, and many helpful strangers along the way.

In her spare time, she loves eating, cooking, reading, circuit training, and the occasional daily glass of wine. She also lives by the immortal words of Kevin Gnapoor (Mean Girls), "Don't let the haters stop you from doing your thang."

Through this blog, she hopes to share her travels, eats, reads, and everything in between with you.

Kimmi's home base is in Boston, but she now lives in Namibia as a Peace Corps volunteer working on women's empowerment and girls' empowerment+education rights. (All opinions/thoughts of this blog belong to Kimmi and has no affiliation with Peace Corps or the US government.) While she’s here, she hopes to share as much of her work, travels, and escapades with you as she can, and hopes you’ll continue to stay in touch! Whee!

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Hospital Visits + ‘White’ Privilege(?)

by friedlaughter

I don’t worry about wearing a hoodie, or driving, or being perceived as threatening or dangerous, simply by my existence. Being Asian-American, I experience a different kind of racism. The “wow, your English is really good” racism, the “you’re not really American – what are you really?” racism, the “you must be so good at math”, “teach me Chinese. Ching chang chong – what did...

April 3, 2017
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Peace Corps, Ponders

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May 18, 2016

Pre-Service Training (so far) in pictures!

  Cultural Cooking Day I killed a chicken. Swift, clean, and (hopefully) painless(ish). Elainey did a fabulous job holding...

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April 27, 2016

Namibia: Land of the Brave

    Hello! I’m here! In Namibia! It is now Day 3 (when I wrote this entry) in Namibia,...

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December 10, 2015

Next stop: Costa Rica!

Heading to Costa Rica this weekend — stops will (hopefully) include Mount Arenal, Monteverde, and Manuel Antonio. Add me...

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June 24, 2015

11 Essential Items to Bring to the Amazon Jungle

I just came back from a week long trip to the Amazon Jungle (via Iquitos, Peru)! I'll go over...

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