This is the page where I'll describe myself in more detail.

	Taking a break from work What a job! I might describe my job in a little more detail here. I'll write about what I do, what I like best about it, and even some of the frustrations. (A job with frustrations? Hard to believe, huh?)   In Peace Corps, I taught all areas of Health and Family Life. I covered anything from Reproduction to Self-esteem to Conflict Resolution. My primary focus was the prevention of adolescent pregnancy/ STDs/ HIV/AIDS.   What I liked most about my job is interacting with youth and seeing them start to really believe in themselves. I liked my "kids" who do contribute positive things to the world, like Red Cross members or ones who are just happy to see me.   I am most frustrated when, despite all the education we have, people still do not want to admit the reality of the threat of HIV/AIDS/STDs in their lives. I am angry when my youth think 'it can't happen to me.' Even after I read one class a story of a woman who had HIV/AIDS and what she went through, they still thought she deserved it and very few showed compassion to her.   Currently, I work at the CDC Institute for HIV Prevention Leadership at the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. I do most things that graduate assistants do but I gain a lot of experience and contacts within the HIV/AIDS Prevention/Education field.