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Pasha was cutting a heart from a piece of paper when his scissors slipped and his finger started to bleed. The wound didn\u2019t hurt the middle-school boy as badly as the words of his classmates, who – worried that Pasha could have HIV – shrieked in fright that his blood might infect them. He started to cry.<\/p>\n

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Among her duties in Lesotho, South Africa, UMW alum Caroline Maggio ’17, a Peace Corps healthcare volunteer, leads a youth club.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Peace Corps volunteer Carrie Maggio \u201917 was leading the youth club session in Lesotho, inside South Africa, where nearly a quarter of the population has HIV. She pulled Pasha aside to give him a Band-Aid \u2013 and some advice. He\u2019d need to decide, Maggio told him, how to react when people teased him. After that, Pasha found his place in the class, trading his seat at the back of the room for one up front. He started to shine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find fulfillment in the fact that I could have been a positive role model in his life,\u201d said Maggio, one of 10 Mary Washington grads currently serving in the Peace Corps across the world \u2013 from South America, to Africa, to Europe and Asia.\u00a0Once again the University\u2019s alumni commitment to global service has earned UMW recognition as a Peace Corps top producer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mary Washington took the 15th spot among U.S. schools with fewer than 5,000 students. The distinction marks the 11th consecutive year UMW has made the top 25. More than 260 Mary Washington alums have served the Peace Corpssince its 1961 inception.<\/p>\n

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UMW made this year’s list of top-producing small schools in the U.S., with 10 Peace Corps volunteers currently serving worldwide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThere is a long-standing tradition of Mary Washington students involving themselves in public service and in their local communities,\u201d said Center for International Education Director Jos\u00e9 Sainz, who helped launch UMW\u2019s Peace Corps Prep program in fall 2017. \u201cServing in the Peace Corps is the next logical pathway for those who seek to make a difference in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what UMW senior Chloe Morton hopes to do when she heads to Costa Rica this summer. A psychology and chemistry double major, she\u2019ll teach English as a Foreign Language, working with children and teachers to improve language skills and lesson plans.<\/p>\n

UMW\u2019s prep program has helped equip her for the role she will play in South America. It\u2019s four-pronged approach \u2013 training and experience, foreign language proficiency, intercultural competence, and professional development and leadership \u2013 had Morton taking additional classes and made her Peace Corps application stand out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to use my fluency, taken\u00a0from my time in Costa Rica, to work with Spanish-speaking immigrants here in the U.S.,\u201d said Morton, a volunteer with Mary Washington\u2019s Peer Assisted Study Sessions. \u201cI would like to develop skills for running my own afterschool clubs for students and branch outand teach other subjects, like physical health.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s Maggio\u2019s focus, as well. As a healthcare volunteer in Lesotho, she works at the local clinic and on long-term community projects, and helped organize the area\u2019s first-ever HIV testing event last year.<\/p>\n

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Caroline Maggi (right) sits with a friend in Lesotho, South Africa, where she is a healthcare volunteer for the Peace Corps. After a long day, Maggio said, “watching the sun slip behind the mountains … puts the biggest smile on my face.” <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Caroline “Carrie” Maggio, who studied art history at UMW and now a Peace Corps volunteer, walks with a basketball player in Lesotho, South Africa. <\/div> <\/div>
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While in Lesotho, South Africa, with the Peace Corps, Maggio helped organize the area’s first HIV-testing event last year. <\/div> <\/div>
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As a Peace Corps volunteer, Maggio is making a difference with the members of a youth club in Lesotho, South Africa. The country claims the world’s second highest prevalence of HIV. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve already begun planning for this year,\u201d she said, \u201cand it will only get better from here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Peace Corps is a U.S. government-administered group that promotes cross-cultural understanding and global service. Each volunteer\u2019s experience is different, said Maggio, who majored in art history at Mary Washington. It depends on perspective, passion and perseverance, and she\u2019s pouring all those into her time in Lesotho.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve supported a community of people and been able to witness some incredible things,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot and feel I\u2019ve received way more than I\u2019ve given.\u201d<\/p>\n

To hear Maggio\u2019s conversations with other Peace Corps volunteers, tune in to her podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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