In addition to being bilingual--fluent in reading, writing, and speaking Spanish, I have worked in cross-cultural situations for many years. As a Peace Corps volunteer in Belize, I was assigned exclusively to the 4-H Youth program which specifically targeted rural young people of disadvantaged situations of Creole, Garifuna and Mayan descent, who were then brought to the National 4-H Centre for further training in agricultural and living skills. As a volunteer with Youth With a Mission (an ...