BRANDON MENDOZA-WALKER is a 22 year old native of Rome, NY and a May 2007 graduate of Siena College in Albany, NY. Brandon has a love for children and teaching and majored in History Secondary Education. Throughout his college career, Brandon has been active in service work, combining both his love of teaching and his skills in Spanish. He has coordinated service programs for inner-city youth in the Albany area and abroad in Ecuador and Peru. Brandon will be serving as an Assistant at Hogar Luz, a home for severely physically disabled youth in Tres Rios outside of San Jose, Costa Rica.
“I definitely do not want to be the volunteer who sees it fashionable to trek a different terrain, all the more to inflate a sense of myself and the view others had of me. Simple living is a concept that is very distinguished and prevents the previously mentioned behavior. The concept allows the volunteers to consciously choose to not focus on wealth but simplicity, a life that very much resembles those we would help.”
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