I'm so excited to be joining the Crossing team as the Quest Coordinator! Being able to experience Quest Israel-Palestine 2009 just after graduation was perhaps the crowning experience of my time at the UW; to think that I now have the opportunity to empower others to have similar life-changing adventures makes me absolutely giddy inside. I graduated in 2009 with degrees in English Literature and Integrated Liberal Studies, and I spent the following ten months or so traveling extensively, primarily in Asia. I believe that travel for its own sake is so important to a person's process of growth: it challenges our assumptions about other people and places, it separates us from our expectations of what is the norm, it introduces us to the idea that nothing is as simple as our old paradigms might have led us to believe. When we take that risk to venture away from what is familiar, we will come back with a clearer understanding of ourselves and others in an increasingly complicated world. I am passionate about the work that we do with Quest, because I believe that these trips not only provide students with an unparalleled opportunity to explore firsthand some of the problems in our modern world, but they also inspire participants to channel that knowledge into constructive action after their trip. I look forward to seeing the new ways that the Quest program can challenge and inspire the students of today and leaders of tomorrow! This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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