Published February 2013 Name: Charlie Holt Office: Ecuador Age: 25 Hometown: Bath, England What made you volunteer as a VLA? Two reasons: I volunteered in London for a group called…
Topic: VLA Interviews
Day in the Life of a VLA: Louise Collewet
Published November 2012 Name: Louise Collewet Office: Thailand Age: 25 Hometown: Bergues, France What made you volunteer as a VLA? I was already practicing refugee law and also immigration law. I…
Day in the Life of a VLA- Milena Castellnou
Name: Milena Castellnou Office: Ecuador Age: 25 Hometown: Grenoble, France What made you volunteer as a VLA? I wanted to get some more practical experience and I was really interested…
Day in the Life of a VLA- Ben Lewis
Name: Ben Lewis Office: Tanzania Age: 32 Hometown: Kansas City, Kansas, USA What made you volunteer as a VLA? After working with Asylum Access San Francisco as a Policy Advocacy…
A Day in the Life of a VLA – Rita Crowley-Ornelas
Published May 2012 Name: Rita Crowley-Ornelas Office: Ecuador Age: 25 Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico What made you volunteer as a VLA? I was intrigued by the opportunity to work abroad,…
Day in the Life of a VLA- Elizabeth Sandoval
Name: Elizabeth Sandoval Office: Ecuador Age: 31 Hometown: Quito, Ecuador What made you volunteer as a VLA? My passion for human rights -- refugee issues are interconnected with human rights…
Day in the Life of a VLA – E. Rania Rampersad
“I remember one man in particular, who was living homeless with his two year old son. I told him the bad news: “You are not going to get any assistance…
Day in the Life of a VLA- Anne Davis
Fulbright Scholar and current VLA at Asylum Access Ecuador in Quito, Anne Davis is originally from San Diego, California. Anne received her Bachelors in Political Science and Spanish from the…
A Day in the Life of a VLA- Mandy Murphy
The following interview is the first in an ongoing series designed to give supporters and prospective VLAs a better sense of the daily challenges and triumphs of our work. Please share…