1969: Valerie Connelly served in Togo in Tabligbo beginning in 1969



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Valerie Connelly can be contacted at contactusanightengalepressdcom

Country of Service: Togo

Training Group: La Pocatiere, Quebec

Cities you served in: Tabligbo

Arrival Year: 1969

Departure Year: 1971

Work Description:

ESL teacher in the C.C.O. de Tabligbo
(I was known as Valerie Green -- my maiden name at that time)

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

I have worked primarily as a teacher of French, ESL and Music. I recently became a published author (Sacred Night, 2003, Nightengale Press) and am a landscape and waterscape artist working in acrylics. I continue to teach, but have also worked in the travel industry, founded a non-profit organization (Overseas Alliance)taking students to and from France on enxchanges in the summer during the 1980's. In the 90's I had a music business, and released an album, worked as a singer and songwriter in Chicago and the Midwest, and wrote and tried to produce a musical play.

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

The Peace Corps was a defining experience in my life, as a teacher and as a writer.

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

Anyone who served in Togo from 1969-1971.

Originally posted: September 6, 2003

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