I spy in the corner of our kitchen window on a chilly overcast afternoon on Friday, September 11, 2020...

Three of these items are related to international education

- My son’s spider plant from second grade four years ago!

- Christ the Redeemer nick-nack I bought for my wife somewhere up at that summit in Rio

- Small elephant that my daughter gifted the family from her pre-eighth grade, eleven day service-tourist trip to Ecuador

- A ‘Handmade in the Holy Land’ gift I gave to my wife that I picked up in the Christian Quarter of the Old City, Jerusalem

- Artsy cross given to one of the kids...either at birth or baptism from a family member

- A little figurine of a Saint...I think it’s the one that you bury in your front yard to help sell your house but I really have no idea

My daughter Gabriela is doing a quasi-virtual internship in Peru that she created for herself!

My daughter Gabriel just graduated high school and in fall she will start her college career at Temple University!  In April 2019 she participate on an exchange in spring 2019 in Lima, Peru through Spotlight Perú: A Performing Arts Company. In August 2019 she returned as an Invited Artist for Spotlight Perú. She misses her friends from Lima and is now doing a quasi-virtual internship through Spotlight Perú over the next few weeks. Essentially, she will be connecting with the students via Zoom every once in a while to talk to the students and to provide guidance and feedback! Very proud of her!

Here she is Zooming in to Spotlight Perú  from our home here in Chicago on May 15, 2020 

Below are several embedded Spotlight Perú Facebook posts that feature my daughter Gabriela!