Interview with Sergio Arispe, December 15, 2021
Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Sergio Arispe served in Ecuador from 2004 - 2006 in the town of Illaguachico in the province of Tungurahua as part of the Animal Production program. Arispe was inspired to serve when a professor in grad school talked about the Peace Corps and "the light went on." Arispe lived and worked with a rural indigenous community. Arispe notes that integration as a daily practice and staying at his site were the keys to being welcomed and trusted by the community. He is still in contact with many from his community to this day.Interview Accession
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Peace Corps (U.S.) Ecuador (Country of service) 2004-2006 (Date of service) Illaguachico (Site of service) Peace Corps Volunteer Job: Animal Production Peace Corps Volunteer Job: Habitat Conservation Mexico English (Language) Spanish (Language) animal husbandry Gender micro-loans integration Hispanics LatinxInterview Rights
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Arispe, Sergio Interview by Russell Wolfgang Bucher. 15 Dec. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Arispe, S. (2021, December 15). Interview by R. W. Bucher. Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Arispe, Sergio, interview by Russell Wolfgang Bucher. December 15, 2021, Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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