2000: James Emerton served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Madagascar in Vavatenina beginning in 2000



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer James Emerton can be contacted at james_emertonayahoodcom

Country of Service: Madagascar

Training Group: TEFL

Cities you served in: Vavatenina

Arrival Year: 2000

Departure Year: 2002

Work Description:

English teacher at lycee, CEG. In addition to teaching English I worked on health projects in my village.

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

Now I am a nurse (RN) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at University of California, San Francisco medical center. What a change! Next goal is graduate school in nurse anesthesia and become a CRNA--wish we luck!

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

I loved every moment of my Peace Corps experience--save giardia!

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

Anyone, always love chatting about Mcar. Any former volunteers attend or attending CRNA school, any information is helpful!

Any message for returned volunteers?:

If you are ever in SF hit me up---have a place you can crash.

Originally posted: February 21, 2007

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Related Links:

Peace Corps Madagascar; Directory of Madagascar RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Madagascar RPCVs; Peace Corps Annual Report: 2000