Luke Overholt is another one of those special American youths you find in the Peace Corps. He grew up in Nairobi, Kenya where his entomologist father worked, before moving back to the University of Florida. He teaches physics and math at the local public high school where is adored and known by almost everyone in the village.
What is remarkable is his group of Peace Corps Volunteers were evacuated during the Ebola crisis. He along with just a few others elected to return to finish their tour as teachers. During the 9 month hiatus waiting to return, he bicycled across the United States. He is accepted to five medical schools and plans to attend the University of Michigan when he returns at the end of June.He plans to return to Africa to practice.
Luke lives a few houses down from me where he can be found on his porch surrounded by school kids. He has offered to work with some of the college student groups who came to towards the end of my stay for assistance.
What is remarkable is his group of Peace Corps Volunteers were evacuated during the Ebola crisis. He along with just a few others elected to return to finish their tour as teachers. During the 9 month hiatus waiting to return, he bicycled across the United States. He is accepted to five medical schools and plans to attend the University of Michigan when he returns at the end of June.He plans to return to Africa to practice.
Luke lives a few houses down from me where he can be found on his porch surrounded by school kids. He has offered to work with some of the college student groups who came to towards the end of my stay for assistance.
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| Luke Overholt, Peace Corps Volunteer, doing his washing |
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