One Big Happy Family

I have found there is no such thing as having a single title here. We're coworkers/family/housemates/friends. I love it. Nearly all paid staff live in-country now, either in Honduras or Panama. Some are travelers, like my CEO Shital Chauhan, always traveling back and forth from Chicago, Tegucigalpa, and San Francisco. Others US staff work from Dallas, San Francisco, or Seattle.

However, currently so many people are visiting. We're one big, happy, and united family. For example, every Wednesday we have a Travel Team conference call. Members Skype in from all over North America to communicate and touch base on our the Travel Team's progress and the work yet to be done. This week, we sat in a room simply talking. No internet required. It was amazing!! Several minutes in, we skyped Jackie Hyland, currently in Panama. She was our only member not sitting in our presence. I don't know when something like this will happen again. We took a group photo to mark the moment. :)

Team members (left to right)
Top row: Kim, Travel Team (Iowa), Me, Travel Team (Oregon), Liz, Student Advisor (Chicago)
Middle rowt: Emily, Travel Team (Ohio), Shital, CEO (Chicago), Danielle, Travel Coordinator, my boss (Dallas), Jackie via Skype, Travel Team (Dallas), Jennifer, Travel Team (Conneticut), Nancy, accountant (Honduras)
Bottom row: Michelle, Director of Student Affairs (San Francisco), Danny, Travel Team, Microfinance Coordinator (Dallas)

From this group, I live with Emily, Liz, Jennifer, and Danny. We make up 5 of the 10 individuals in our house. Oh, also, in this picture we are sitting in our upstairs living room, connected to our kitchen and balcony.

Yes, the organization is young, but it does so many amazing things. I am more than proud to be involved.