1987: Todd Finlayson served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Zaire (DRC) in Kanyana, Goma beginning in 1987



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Todd Finlayson can be contacted at rtfinlaysonayahoodcom

Country of Service: Zaire (DRC)

Training Group: Agricultural Extension 1987

Cities you served in: Kanyana, Goma

Arrival Year: 1987

Departure Year: 1991

Work Description:

Agricultural extension agent; liaison between agricultural research center in Ngandajika, Kasai Oriental, and rural farmers.

Regional Rep in Goma.

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

Worked for US Fish and Wildlife Service in Idaho and Utah.

M.S. degree in zoology at University of Maine.

Married, live in Maine. Work in ecological risk assessment.

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

Thoughts? Yes, daily. I would do it all over again in a second.

Originally posted: December 8, 2006

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