Zach Simmons sits down with host Sarah Haber via zoom for another live podcast! Simmons will be joining the Arizona Serve team September 1st filling the role as the AmeriCorps State Team Leader. Simmons is no stranger to service, he served as an AmeriCorps City Year volunteer in New Orleans and then went on to serve as a PeaceCoprs volunteer in a small county in South East Asia. With his previous teaching experience in service, Simmons will be leading our Tucson AmeriCorps State team this year and will be the driving force behind cultivating  and cohesive cohort. Looking forward to you joining our team! 

AmeriCorps VISTA Prescott Team Leader Emily Carey sits down with AmeriCorps VISTA Sean Stevens and Monique LaFlamme who serve at the Prescott Unified School District as the Attendance Success Coordinator. Stevens is coming to the tail end if his service and LaFlamme is just beginning! Hear what insight they have to share as members that are exiting and entering into service and what plans Stevens has moving forward and what LaFlamme hopes to see for this year!

AmeriCorps VISTA Team Leader Emily Carey sits down with AmeriCorps Alaska alum Lorna Rose based in Alaska! The 2 talk about their experience serving as NCCC volunteers and this different approach to national service! 

Host Emily, AmeriCorps VISTA Team Leader of our Prescott team sits down with our newest VISTA member Sidney. Sidney is a Returned PeaceCorps volunteer who served in the Ukraine. Now Sidney has just begun to embark on an AmeriCorps VISTA term serving for the Yavapai County Community Health Services as the Exceptional Child Care Coordinator. Welcome Sidney, and good luck!  

Chelsea Forer, our AmeriCorps Community Schools member is back! Forer and host Sarah Haber sit down with the founder and Principal of Changemaker High School Luis Perales to reflect of the Guest Speaker Series training on The School To Prison Pipeline. Perales shares his experience as an educator and the importance of going above and beyond for our students. 

Happy Mother's Day to all! On this special episode of This AmeriCorps Life host Sarah Haber sits don with here mommy, Nicole Doliner. Nicole served as a PeaceCorps volunteer from 1983-1985 in Kenya. Hear her perspective on all different kinds of service as well as the perspective of a parent reflecting on their child serving as an AmeriCorps Volunteer!! 

AmeriCorps VISTA Sue Kim serving as the Diabetes Care Coordinator at the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona & El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center joins host Sarah Haber for the second ever This AmeriCorps Life LIVE. Sue discusses her experience relocating to Tucson from New Jersey to help coordinate food distributions in the Tucson community. 

AmeriCorps VISTA Team Leader Emily Carey sits down with AmeriCorps VISTA Paul Rizik serving as the Farm to School Coordinator for the Prescott Unified School District and discuss how to educate students on healthy fruits an vegetables.  

We are LIVE! On this special episode of This AmeriCorps Life, host Sarah Haber sits down with AmeriCorps VISTA Emily Parker serving as the Outreach Coordinator for the Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona. Parker shares her experience serving for the first ever Diaper Bank in the nation and  answers questions on how to navigate your VISTA year on the VISTA budget! Special thank you to our guests for joined us!  

AmeriCorps VISTA Prescott Team Leader Emily Caret chats with AmeriCorps VISTA Kirsten Slora serving at the Yavapai County Community Health Service as the Exceptional Health Care Coordinator. Slora has being coordinating the Yavapai Special Needs Support Group *Virtal* Event. This will entail a panel discussion with special education professional in Yavapai County. Hear about how just coordinating this wonderful event!

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