Hello everyone! I served as a J1 volunteer from 1997-1998 working in a school for the deaf outside of Amman. I've spent time across the US, having grown up in the south, attending college in the midwest, then spending 12 years in the NYC area after heading there originally to study Arabic not long after returning from Jordan. I currently live in Boulder, Colorado with my husband and twin middle school sons and work for a translation and global business provider. I am still in touch with my Jordanian host family and count my friendships with my fellow J1 volunteers among my most treasured. Our group has met up over the years and recently held an incredible J1 reunion in Colorado last summer. I was an officer in the early years of FOJ and am eager to get back involved to help connect and re-connect everyone who has shared similar experiences in Jordan as volunteers, teachers, friends, and family.