So much for a mud hut in Africa

On Monday Charles Beeker, the professor I'm working with, told me that a TV show wanted to interview him, me, and a couple of other people about the work that we have been doing. I honestly thought he was joking until the next day!

It didn't really hit me until Wednesday morning when we left at 4am from Bayahibe to the capital. I was in the back seat typing a letter to the Ministry of Environment, whom we had a meeting with later that day. We pulled up to the station, got our make up done, and walked on to the set.

Of course, I was really nervous. Then I found out that the show would be live, so I got a little more nervous. Then I found out that it would not only be playing here in the DR, but also in parts of the US and in Europe, so then I was super nervous!!!! Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention that it was all in Spanish.

In the end, I think I did really well. I answered about six questions. They are going to send us copies of the tape.

On another note, go to iu.edu to see an article about what we are doing. It is currently the "Spotlight" article. (Yes that is me as the "scientific diver".) When that gets taken down, you can go to...
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/18401.html.


When I joined the Peace Corps, I never expected to be doing things like this. I feel really blessed to be a part of this project.