1988: Karen Darner served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Jamaica in Montego Bay, Island wide beginning in 1988



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Karen Darner can be contacted at lkdarneracomcastdnet

Country of Service: Jamaica

Training Group: 48

Cities you served in: Montego Bay, Island wide

Arrival Year: 1988

Departure Year: 1990

Work Description:

Speech therapy with children in homes, clinics throughout the country working under auspices of PVO, Ltd. and Mrs. Del Henry

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

n/a

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

Returned to Arlington, VA as a speech therapist in the schools, and was elected as a state legislataure. Served concurrently until 2003, when I did not seek re-election. June 30, 2008 retired from the Arlington Public Schools

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

Great time of my life - learned much about another culture, people, and myself

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

Others who served during the time of Hurricane Gilbert

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Look forward to going back again later - I am
Leave a message here if there was an incorrect or duplicate e-mail address for you in the "Directory of Volunteers": Email address changed in 2005 - now is lkdarner@comcast.net



Originally posted: 11/3/2008

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