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A little bit about me.

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I am a public health nurse.

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I have a PhD in Public Health.

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And my undergrad and master's
degree were both in nursing.

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I have been an academic
for a very long time

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as well as a researcher.

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I retired from full
academic life in May, 2020,

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and my teaching over the past
decade has mostly been online

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and focused on health
promotion, global health,

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and cultural competency.

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I've also taken students
on study abroad courses

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to Bangladesh, six years.

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That ended and then I
ended up taking students

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to Belize for five years

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as well as the Netherlands
for another five years

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for courses such as Public Health Nursing,

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Cultural Healthcare,
and Healthcare Systems.

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While I wanted to continue to
take students on study abroad,

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COVID-19 pandemic made
that kind of impossible.

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We were actually in the
Netherlands with students

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in beginning of March, 2020,
and we were summoned home

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and that was quite an
interesting experience.

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And then we made the decision

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that we were done with study abroad

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and there wouldn't be
anymore in our future.

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We have lived in Canada, Australia,

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South Korea, and the Netherlands.

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We spent six months traveling
through Southeast Asia

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and we have visited
many European countries

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as well as a two week visit to Haiti.

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Needless to say, a global perspective

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does come quite naturally.

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I am a Canadian Australian who
was born in the Netherlands

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and have been in Vermont since 2000.

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My husband and I have been
married for about 48 years now,

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and we love to play golf.

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Summers in Vermont and winters in Arizona.

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And spend time with family, friends,

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and just generally enjoy life.

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Hopefully that's enough
information about me

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and I will be chatting
more throughout the course.

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That's it for now.