Hi!

Hi, this is Tim Edge.
I am a junior at George Washington in DC, but unlike Niki, I'm majoring in International Affairs. I'm originally from California--the central coast town of Los Osos, just outside San Luis Obispo, to be exact--so I'll be on that same Alaska Airlines flight 246 as Jason and Liesl (boarding at LA, though).
I love traveling and studying languages. At the moment, I'm studying abroad in Cairo, Egypt, where I've been working on my Arabic. Last semester, I was polishing my Spanish skills in Granada, Spain. I'm really excited about working, living, and learning in Mexico and just hope they don't laugh too hard at my silly Spanish lisp.
Other than that, some things I enjoy are playing soccer, reading good books, eating Indian food, going to the beach, hiking, having adventures, meeting new friends, and having good discussions.
I look forward to meeting you all in a little more than a month!

Hi all!

Hi everyone, my name is Niki Blue and I'm a junior at George Washington University majoring in cultural anthropology. I'm originally from Nashville, Tennessee. I love to knit, draw, cook, bake... basically to make things. Most of all, I love hanging out with my brother and his dog (I can't have one since I live in a dorm) in Colorado, hiking the Flatirons and racing Theo the dog.

I can't wait to meet everyone in Mexico. I'll be arriving in Mazatlan from Houston at 12:44, hopefully someone will be on my flight! While we're there I want to do my best to teach my students as much as I can while getting to know my host family as well; I'm sure I'll end up playing soccer with my students in the afternoon or cooking with my host family all the time.

Can't wait to meet everyone, and have a great first half of the summer!

Niki

Jason's Introduction

Hey all,

I can't wait to meet you all this summer, and thought I spend some time procrastinating for finals to introduce myself in light of Rory's last email.

I'm a freshman at Brown and am from Oakland, CA, where I've lived all my life until this year. In my free time I like to play music as much as I can, and have played in rock and jazz bands in high school and now in college. I will hopefully be bringing my guitar to Mexico this summer, actually, so you'll experience that first hand. I also really like good food (which we don't get too much of here at Brown). One of my favorite things to do at home is to go get amazing ethnic food with my friends. In terms of academics, I'm pretty sure I'll be majoring in Classics and Linguistics, but not sure yet. I really like languages, history, writing, and pretty much anything old. I think I'm most exciting to get to Mexico this summer to be able to devote all my energy to teaching and to try and learn how to cook some real Mexican food.

In terms of flights, I am taking Alaska Airlines flight 246 from San Francisco, and arriving in Mazatlan at 4:20 pm.

Welcome

Hey team!

Welcome to the LE Mexico blog. We'll use this to introduce ourselves, share information, advice, ideas, etc. It may also be helpful to post travel information just in case you want to coordinate travel plans with other volunteers. Saludos!