Hello, World!

I’ve started this blog to chronicle my experiences with my new position as Kenya Country Director of Flying Kites, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of orphans in Kenya and around the world.  I’ll be moving to Kenya at the end of October and will be posted there for a year.  In Kenya, I will be living at the Flying Kites Children Center in South Kinangop, located in the Kenyan Highlands, about 40 miles north of Nairobi.  I’ll have sixteen adorable little roommates, who you can meet here.

As Country Director, I will have three primary responsibilities: (1) overseeing the Flying Kites Children Center and ensuring the needs of our children are met; (2) developing Flying Kites’ presence in Kenya and promoting policy for children in need; and (3) preparing programming to assist Kenyan families in caring for their children and strengthening their community.  For more information about my position, please check out my professional goals.

This position is quite the leap for me: before this I attended law school at Georgetown University Law Center and worked at Seyfarth Shaw LLP in its New York office as a labor and employment associate.  However, I feel both experiences prepared me well for this challenge, and I am very excited about the year to come!