Tuesday, March 30 @ 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Coleman 120
Lisanna Gonzalez spent two years in the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic (2004-2006). Her presentation will share her experience working with two other Peace Corps volunteers in the community of Gualate located in the mountains of the Northern Province of Puerta Plata. The focus of this work was on: bringing clean water to the community, improving public health, health education for women and youth (HIV/AIDS, STD’s), women’s self-esteem and empowerment, environmental sustainability, and creating a micro-credit bank.
She has a B.S. degree in Applied Sociology from Santa Clara University.
As an undergraduate, she studied in Costa Rica and Chile. Lisanna served as a summer education and health volunteer in Nueva Vida, Nicaragua and as a health volunteer for a rural migrant labor camps in Portland, Oregon. She is a graduate of Lewisburg High School.
After her service, she lived in Lewisburg for a year and worked at the Research Division of the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. She spent the next two years at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Nursing earning a B.S. in Nursing and becoming a Registered Nurse (RN). She is currently employed as a RN at the Duke University Hospital Emergency Department and is preparing for graduate study for a M.S. Family Nurse Practitioner degree in the Fall.
This visit is being sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program, the International Relations Program, and the Office of International Education.
Any questions, contact: Professor Steve Stamos, Dept. of International Relations.@ stamos@bucknell.edu