John interviews . . .

  John interviews — Patrick Shea Patrick, why did you join the Peace Corps? I come from a deeply patriotic family that was in America before America was a country. If my die-hard republican uncle is to be believed, we have family that fought in the Revolutionary War. Myself, well, my father always called me a “conservative hippy.” I have done volunteer work since the seventh grade, and had over 300 hours of volunteer service before I even entered the Peace Corps. I believe everyone should serve their community, and my professors suggested the Peace Corps, as one was a RPCV herself. Where were you assigned? I was a G16 — the Eastern European country of Georgia in 2016-2017. How big was the group? This group was large, it was right around 60 volunteers. What was your assignment? I was an English teacher as I had been volunteering tutoring immigrants . . .