Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2019-150
Melissa Loffler served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Georgia from 2013 to 2015 as a teacher. She completed in-country training in Kvishkheti, then taught English in a combined elementary and secondary school in Khashuri. Loffler talks enthusiastically about the country, Georgian food, and the close relationships she developed with her host families. She remains in touch with these friends and returned to Georgia in 2019. She also talks about friendships with other volunteers, whom she says she wouldn't have gotten to know as well under other circumstances. Loffler conducts an annual Peace Corps event in the Dallas area. Interviewed and recorded by Evelyn Ganzglass, September 10, 2019. 1 digital audio file.