Meet the 2004 Summer Immersion Program Interns

	Sara Gausz Sara recently graduated from the University of Scranton, where she studied Spanish and Human Services. During her time here in El Salvador, she will be working with the Association for Inter-communal Health and Social Services (APSIES) in the community of Los Espinos, Usulutan. She will participate in their environmental programs, as well as in projects with the women and young people of the community – learning how to make bread among other things! She will be living with Don Alcides, a community leader, his two adult daughters, and two grandchildren. Click here to read Sara's online journal
	Renee Hicks Renee comes to us from Kentucky, where she is currently studying French and Spanish at Berea College. During her time here in El Salvador, she will be working with the Association for Inter-communal Health and Social Services (APSIES) in the community of Los Espinos, Usulutan. She will participate in their environmental programs – learning how a worm-farm works, growing seedlings in a green house, and participating in the youth organization of the community. She will be living with Don Carlos Arturo and Doña Simona and their six children. Click here to read Renee's online journal
	Gabriella Kusz Gabby recently graduated with a MBA from the University of Dayton. During her time in El Salvador, she will be living in the small mountain town of Berlin, Usulutan. She will be collaborating with a small recycling business, MIBERLIM, run completely by women, most of whom are single mothers. She will be sharing her accounting skills with them, as they work to formalize their efforts. She will be living with Niña Juana and her teenage son, filling in for Juana’s daughter who is studying in the States. Click here to read Gabby's online journal
	Sue Lake Sue is currently a law student at the University of Santa Clara in California. While in El Salvador, she will be living in the Ciudadela Guillermo Ungo near Suchitoto in Cuscatlan. She will be working in the community’s school, a large educational complex where over 450 children study. She will be teaching English, reading stories, and getting to know the children in the first through sixth grades. She will be living with Gudelia, her three adult children, and her two grandchildren. Click here to read Sue's online journal
	Nicole Lang Nikki recently graduated from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, with a degree in Social Work. She will be dedicating 15 months of her life to serve as a CRISPAZ long-term volunteer. She will be living with her husband Thomas, in the small town of San Jorge, in the department of San Miguel. While there, she will be working with an organization called OIKOS Solidarity, specifically supporting their programs to develop alternative economic opportunities for women through initiatives of a bakery and a crafts-workshop. In her free time, she will be teaching English classes in the nearby community school. Click here to read Nicole's online journal
	Thom Lang Thom graduated from Xavier University with a biology degree, and will be going on to study medicine after serving as a long-term volunteer with CRISPAZ for fifteen months. While here, he will be living with his wife, Nicole, in the town of San Jorge, San Miguel. He too will be working with OIKOS Solidarity in their environmental projects, specifically supporting a model farm in Jucuaran, Usulutan. Thom and Nicole will be living with Niña Blanca, an active community leader, and the pastor of the local Lutheran church. Click here to read Thom's online journal
	Debra Parker Debbie has just graduated from the University of North Carolina with her masters in social work. While in El Salvador, she will be living in the Ciudadela Guillermo Ungo near Suchitoto in Cuscatlan. She will be working with the Women’s Association for Communal Development (AMUDESCO), specifically supporting the work of the Popular Defenders committee, a group of women who work on issues of domestic violence. She will be living with Marilu and her three young daughters. Click here to read Debbie's online journal
	Alice Pennington Alice is a Spanish and International Peace Studies major at Notre Dame University. While in El Salvador, she will be living in the Ciudadela Guillermo Ungo near Suchitoto in Cuscatlan. She will be working in the community’s school, a large educational complex where over 450 children study. Her task will be to teach English and Computer skills to the high-school students. She will be living with Ana Ruth, her grandmother, and her daughter. Click here to read Alice's online journal
	Michelle Powell Michelle comes to us from Saint Mary’s University in Illinois, where she is studying Social Work and Spanish. Here in El Salvador, she will be working with a Catholic Association called The Voice of the People, which draws its inspiration from the witness of Monsignor Romero’s life and death. She will be living in a community called El Condadillo, Usulutan, participating in the pastoral life of the community – teaching catechism classes, participating in a recently-formed choir, as well as teaching English classes in the nearby community of Pasaquina. She will be living with Lastenia, whose son passed away recently, leaving her alone. Click here to read Michelle's online journal