I Am Official!

I am officially a member of AmeriCorps VISTA!

I spent last Tuesday through Friday attending my Pre Service Orientation (PSO) designed to prepare me for my service in Albuquerque.

At PSO, aside from the workshops, what made my experience amazing were the people I met from almost everyplace in the United States.

I met a man who is a retired brick-layer. I thought he was a retired college professor. He decided to get his Bachelor degree at age 62. It took him 2 1/2 years to finish. He also has a Master’s and is now working on his Ph.D. Another gentleman has an Associate degree, spent six years in the Armed Forces, married, had a child, then somehow became homeless. He got himself out of that and is now doing more than great. There was a woman who decided to get her Bachelor degree at 60. She now has a Master’s. I hung out with a former model and retired successful business men. My roommate recently graduated from college.

For various reasons all of these people decided to be apart of AmeriCorps VISTA! I was in good company. Just amazing I tell you.

Below are a few pictures from our Swearing-In Ceremony. Check them out!

They called me HM, short for “High Maintenance.”

My roommate

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