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I was raised by wolves
in a deep, dark forest just outside of Transylvania, where I spent
my days frolicking among the evergreens and eating nuts and berries...
No?
Ok then, onward with the truth:
I love studying,
teaching, and learning anthropology. I received my graduate training
in anthropology with a specialization in Latin American & Caribbean studies from the Department of Anthropology
at Michigan State University.
I am a previous fellow of the Mesoamerican Language and Cultural Institute at the
UNC-Chapel Hill/ Duke University Consortium in Latin American & Caribbean Studies. Part of my graduate work was completed in residence at the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan in Merida, Mexico and the Universidad de Quintana Roo- Cozumel..
I received my undergraduate degree summa cum laude in anthropology
and linguistics from the University
of Florida. In the spaces in between, I lived in France,
the Netherlands,
and as a Fulbright scholar in Quintana
Roo, Mexico.
II am pretty sure that my love for language comes from a weird combination of James Joyce, Led Zeppelin, and the Philip Glass/Alan Ginsberg collaboration, Wichita Vortex Sutra #3.
Most of my fun time is spent traveling the world, SCUBA diving, growing my own food with Earthboxes, playing with my labradoodle, and teaching Zumba and Bodypump to supplement these exploits.
I can also
speak, read, and write Yucatec
Maya. If you don't believe me, well then ba'ax ka wa'alike'ex,
nojoch kaaxo'ob?
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