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About Lee
August 13th, 2009 by Lee

My name is Lee. From August 25th, 2009, to late March / early April 2010, I’ll be working in Les Cayes, Haiti, for an NGO. For more details about what I’ll be doing there, see my post “what lee is doing in Haiti“.

I’m a 2nd year Grad Student at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, a graduate school which is part of Brandeis University. As an MA Student in Sustainable International Development, we are required to spend our 2nd year of grad school working in the field. No more classes, no more tests.

Previously, I was New York City Teaching Fellow, where I taught High School English and earned an MS in Education from Pace University.

I taught English in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, while also writing for the Vietnam Economic Times.

I studied creative writing and earned a BA in English from Eugene Lang College, part of The New School.

I was born in Geneva, Switzerland, but am not, and have never claimed to be, Swiss.

  • The site looks great, Lee. Give me a shout if you have any free time to catch up during your visit in Naples.
  • lori
    Hi Lee, Are You OK? I heard there is an earthquake there.
  • Lee
    I'm okay. Actually got into NYC last night. Prayers for everyone there, this doesn't look good. Wish I was there. Frustrating having to watch this on cnn.
  • lori
    Here is a link to an article on Blog Herald about how to help.
    http://ow.ly/W3GW
  • lori
    Glad you are OK. I'm going to look now to see how close Les Cayes is to it. Thanks for the reply. Hi to Ronnie & Larry.
  • lori
    Will you blog about what's going on...your point of view? Were you airlifted?
  • Lee
    I actually left Haiti the night before the earthquake. I'm supposed to fly back tomorrow. Right now I have no idea if that's going to happen or not. If I blog about anything, it will be about the best ways we can help, and the frustration of being far away from people I care about who are in severe danger right now
  • We're a non-profit that works in Les Cayes, primarily doing medical clinics in the mountains. However, two of those sites have small schools that we have provided some help for (a roof, a cistern). Being a recently retired educational administrator, I'm very intrigued with your project. Would love to connect a little via email. Have you collected any data on the educational level of the teachers themselves? (Pretty low, generally.) Curious to know if weather the previous day affects attendance (slippery paths/roads, flooded streams); have you wondered about that. The gender data is very interesting!
  • We're a non-profit that works in Les Cayes, primarily doing medical clinics in the mountains. However, two of those sites have small schools that we have provided some help for (a roof, a cistern). Being a recently retired educational administrator, I'm very intrigued with your project. Would love to connect a little via email. Have you collected any data on the educational level of the teachers themselves? (Pretty low, generally.) Curious to know if weather the previous day affects attendance (slippery paths/roads, flooded streams); have you wondered about that. The gender data is very interesting!
  • I think I'm on the wrong page for this comment. What's OLS? Are you going to be collecting any qualitative data? Without a true experimental design I think your richest sources of info will be qualitative (my bias), although I can imagine that your funders will be most impressed with things like "p-values" and terms like "statistically significant." Maybe you can convince them that when it comes to educational/social policy and systems change, qualitative data can be very powerful. Maybe just a few selected case studies?

    Cheryl
  • Hi Lee - Fascinating work and interesting, honest overview of the methods, merits, and challenges of the study. Really glad that AT pointed me to it. I give a link to a brief summary of the work/research I'm involved with in Jordan. It would be good to look for synergies sometime. Good luck, Matt Morton
  • Sarah
    Hi Lee! I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to get together in the city before you left. I love your website and I look forward to hearing about all of your new adventures! Have a great time and take care.
    Love, Sarah
  • Leah
    Of course you would have the prettiest most sophisticated "travel blog" of anyone i know. fancy pants. have a great flight. and a great time. lets have skype chats.

    Signed,

    Leah in Ghana (at Aska aka gyro ball, aka Aska Chan's apt)
  • Lee
    already looking forward to our skype chats. Tell gyro ball I say hi! I'm jealous. Have a great time in Ghana.
  • Katherine
    Dear Lee in Haiti,
    This is a fun website and most definitely user-friendly. I hope it will be adorned with photos of your crazy adventure. Just remember: safety first...and, check your grammar and spelling..always.
    Over and out,
    Kat :)
  • Lee
    Kat,
    Glad you like it. I'm packing right now. I love packing. Talk soon,

    xo
    L
  • Ginneh
    Hey Lee,
    I love your website!! I'm looking forward to reading about all of your upcoming adventures in Les Cayes, Haiti. Take care!!

    Ginneh : )
  • Lee
    Thanks Ginneh. Will try to keep up the posting!
  • admin
    thanks Mother. I have made corrections. I hope they are sufficient. (I told you it was a rough draft! Argh!)
  • mommy
    dear lee: I love the design of your new site -- very friendly and easy to navigate. pls. double check your spelling and grammar.
    love,
    Mother
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