How the Peace Corps Changed My Life

Evelyn talks about serving in the Peace Corps in the Andes of Peru. She discusses what happened as she finished her service and was about to leave to go back home. It’s a tale of self-discovery, love, and adventure. 

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Evelyn Kohl LaTorre ‘s first book, Between Inca Walls, A Peace Corps Memoir, won several awards and is about her adventures growing up in Montana, volunteering in Mexico, and coming of age in Peru. She holds a doctorate in multicultural education from the University of San Francisco and a master’s degree in social welfare from UC Berkeley. She worked as a bilingual school psychologist and school administrator for 32 years in public education in California until her retirement in 2002. She and her Peruvian husband have been married since 1966 and have traveled to close to 100 countries. My second book, Love in Any Language, A Memoir of a Cross-Cultural Marriage, comes out in September 2021. Their travel adventures will be the subject of her next book. The couple has two grown sons. Her stories and photos are available on her website, https://www.evelynlatorre.com. Her writing has appeared in World View Magazine, The Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, the California Writers Club Literary Review, the Tri-City Voice, Dispatches, Conscious Connection, and Clever Magazine. Evelyn lives in Northern California but frequently visits to Peru to work with the Peru American Medical Society (PAMS). She is active on Facebook at EvelynKohlLaTorre, Author, on Instagram under evelynkohllatorre, Pinterest at emlatorre42, and Twitter at evelynsedits. 

Website: https://www.evelynlatorre.com 

Order her books at: https://www.amazon.com/Evelyn-Kohl-LaTorre/e/B08FCYGS92/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

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