1973: Margaret Szumowski served in Congo in Kinshasa beginning in 1973



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Margaret Szumowski can be contacted at szumowskiastccdedu

Country of Service: Congo

Training Group: 1973

Cities you served in: Kinshasa

Arrival Year: 1973

Departure Year: 1975

Work Description:

Ethiopia, husband a physician working at Princess Tsehaii

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:

We went back to Madison, where Andrew, my husband, and I were at the University of Wisconsin. Two years later, we went to the Rio Grande Valley where my husband, Andrew worked with migrants, and I taught Hispanic girls in Brownsville.

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:

I'm still living in the Congo in my memory, especially since I teach about the Congo in my Community College in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:

We felt very bad about the death of our friend, Avis, whom we met in Addis Abeba.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Let's all go back again! Margaret

Originally posted: July 1, 2005

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