1986: Stephen Leisz served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal in Tchingue and Nioro du Rip beginning in 1986



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Stephen Leisz can be contacted at steve_leiszayahoodcom

Country of Service: Senegal

Training Group: Forestry 1986

Cities you served in: Tchingue and Nioro du Rip

Arrival Year: 1986

Departure Year: 1989

Work Description:

2 years as a community forester; 1 year as a volunteer coordinator for the new AFSI program

Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work Description:

none

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

Master's Degree in Environmental Monitoring from UW-Madison; Ph.D. in Geography from Univ. of Copenhagen (Denmark); returned to Senegal for an internship with Winrock Int'l in 1992; visited Chile for 3 months in 1991; worked in Madagascar May 1993-May 1994; worked in Vietnam and Southeast Asia from 1997 - 2007 (lived in Vietnam 1999 - 2007); currently working at the Bishop Museum and living in Hawaii.

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

A formative time of my life; I would do it over again; and maybe will do so when I retire.

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

Anyone from the 1986 Forestry Group.

Originally posted: April 5, 2008

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