1992: Claudia Velasquez served in Morocco in Anezi, Tiznit beginning in 1992



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Claudia Velasquez can be contacted at claudette29amailcitydcom

Country of Service: Morocco

Training Group: Health and Sanitation

Cities you served in: Anezi, Tiznit

Arrival Year: 1992

Departure Year: 1994

Work Description: Basic health, hygiene, and family planning education and well
and latrine improvements.

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

I returned to Graduate School and received an MPH from Tulane
University in International Health and Development. Returned to
Morocco with a Fulbright to work on qualitative research with women
and family planning in the rural areas. Returned to the US and work
with the Louisiana Office of Public Health doing database
management and epidemiological work. Left Office of Public Health for
a position with Planned Parenthood's International Division and
worked as a Program Officer monitoring Adolescent Reproductive
Health project in Latin America and the Caribbean. Left Planned
Parenthood and now work for the Institute for Reproductive Health at
Georgetown University and continue to work with Women's
Reproductive Health overseas in Latin America and other parts of the
world.

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

It was the best experience and really opened the doors for getting the
international jobs. Somehow I still manage to keep in touch with
Morocco and will always try to work there whenever possible.


Originally posted: January 3, 2002

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