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Volunteers for the 2007-2008 School Year
Ben Chapman
Email to: chppy31@hotmail.com
Ben Chapman grew up in the Seattle area and is a student at Dartmouth College, where he studies math and physics. He was initially attracted to DREAM, he says, because it provided him with an opportunity to live in a new place and practice his Spanish, while doing something he enjoyed. Working with kids occupies a large portion of Ben’s free time at Dartmouth. He’s coached local soccer, basketball, and rock climbing teams for grades 3-8 and also participates in a mentoring program that builds confidence and teaches life-skills by bringing youth into the outdoors.
As a DREAM volunteer, Ben ran the library/computer lab at Puerto Cabarete. During recess and before and after school, he checked out books to students and regulated computer usage. While school was in session, he pulled small groups (1-4 students) out of class to tutor them in literacy and computer skills.
Ruth Kimball:
Email: solbelleza2@yahoo.com
Kathryn Frank
Email to: kfrank@email.unc.edu
Kathryn Frank is a recent graduate from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill with BA in Psychology and Spanish. Her family currently lives on the Outer Banks of North Carolina although she originally hails from Long Island. Post DREAM Project she plans on enrolling in graduate school to further her education.
Kathryn was the sole volunteer at Colonia Nueva, an elementary school in Cabarete, and her role was twofold. First, she served as the link between DREAM and the school's parents, students and staff. This entailed assessing the conditions of the buildings and materials, creating school records, supporting organized recess, encouraging use of the library, attending PTA meetings and implementing new rules and processes to help the school run more efficiently. Secondly, she was paired with a Dominican school teacher and worked directly with her to create a more enriching classroom environment for her kindergarten-aged students.
Kim Hults
Email to: khults@gmail.com
Post: Youth Group Leader/Librarian
Site: Colonia Nueva
Kim Hults is a native of Boston, Massachusetts and recently graduated
from Middlebury College with a double major in Spanish and American
Civilization. As an undergraduate, Kim studied abroad in Spain and worked
as a summer program coordinator in Costa Rica. Growing up amidst an
in-home preschool ran by her mother, Kim was thrilled to be assisting
in the planning and development of DREAM's newest preschool and teacher
training model center in Cabarete.
In addition, Kim worked at the Colonia Nueva school as both a reading
instructor and student council facilitator. Kim served DREAM as a member
of the World Education Corps, a global service organization based out
of the 21st Century School at Oxford University.
Lee Evans
Email to: evans.lee.a@gmail.com
DREAM Volunteer 2007-2008
Lee Ann Evans was born in Washington, DC on October 2, 1985. Evans grew up and went to school in nearby Chevy Chase and Bethesda, MD. She started studying Spanish at the age of 12 and has continued ever since. She went on to Cornell University, where she played Varsity Field Hockey for two years and then studied abroad in Valparaiso, Chile. She graduated in 2007 with a BA in Spanish and Anthropology, with concentrations in Law & Society and Latin American Studies.
Her first experience with the DREAM Project was in the summer of 2005, when she volunteered for the Guzman Ariza Summer Camp. Because DREAM's U.S. office is located in Ithaca, NY, she was able to continue working for the DREAM Project while back in the States. After completing what her third DREAM summer camp, she planned on returning to the U.S. for law school in the fall of 2008.
Eli Northrup
Email: eli.northrup@gmail.com
Eli Northrup was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in Bethesda, MD. He graduated from Walt Whitman High School in 2003 and moved on to Cornell University where he was a member of the Sprint Football team and the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. In May 2007 he graduated from Cornell, earning a degree in Psychology with a concentration in Law and Society.
Eli began working with the D.R.E.A.M. project in 2006, assisting the executive director in the New York office. Upon graduation he moved to the Dominican Republic and took part in the 2007 Guzman Ariza Summer Camp. He worked in the new D.R.E.A.M. Center, helping to run the daily operations of the library, and teaching in the pre-school. He also worked at the Colonial Nueva school during recess, and helped implement a basketball program in the Callejon. After this year, Eli is planning to move to New York City to attend law school.
Julie Hunter
Email to: julie.c.hunter@gmail.com
DREAM Volunteer 2006-2007
Post: Community Development & Youth Literacy
Site: Finca Alta Gracia
Julia was born in Philadelphia but lived most of her life in Morristown, NJ, where she attended a small private high school, Morristown Beard School. She later went to Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. She spent her junior year abroad in Malaga, Spain, living with a Spanish family, interning with a Spanish lawyer, and attending school. She graduated in May 2007 with a double major in Political Science and Spanish. Hoping to unite her interest in politics with the Spanish language, she volunteered at a local immigrant resource center, Wind of the Spirit, where she helped plan informational workshops and events, researched and advocated immigration reform, translated and interpreted for clients, and taught English to migrant workers.
Jessica Schindler
Email: schindler.jessica@gmail.com
Originally from Santa Cruz, CA, Jessica Schindler studied Human Development at Cornell University ´07. She worked alongside a Dominican teacher teaching 1st grade in the mornings and Kindergarten in the afternoons at Puerto Cabarete. She also tutored 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students who had reading difficulties, implemented parent groups, and organized recess activities. In her free time she enjoys surfing, windsurfing, running, volleyball, reading, and exploring the island.
John George-Wheeler
Email: johngeorgewheeler@gmail.com
John George-Wheeler is from South Burlington, Vermont. He is currently attending George Mason University, located in Fairfax, Virginia, where he has been studying international affairs. He found out about DREAM during high school when he was part of a student trip to Rio San Juan. There, he worked for a week on several different projects, providing positive change to a rural community. He also met several DREAM staff and decided he knew he would be coming back. In the DR he taught first grade and kindergarten, an art class, helped out at a water sports class, and more.
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