Interview with Sarah Cross Oddo, January 23, 2008
Project: Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Sarah Cross Oddo (Jamaica, 1994-1996; Environment Program) discusses graduating from the University of Kentucky and working as an environmental education Peace Corps volunteer in Jamaica. She describes working with Jamaica Junior Naturalists and later preparing environmental materials for teachers. Oddo also talks about meeting and later marrying fellow Peace Corps volunteer Oghale Oddo. In addition, she discusses the impact of living overseas with children.Interview Accession
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Education Peace Corps volunteers Marine laboratories Mandeville (Jamaica) Kingston (Jamaica) Jamaica Junior Naturalists Husbands. Marriages. Friends Peace Corps (U.S.)--Jordan Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Cultural appreciation Cultural exchanges Raising children Fiji Swaziland Eswatini Jordan.Interview LC Subject
Jamaica Oddo, Sarah Cross Oddo, Sarah Cross--Interviews Peace Corps (U.S.)--History Peace Corps (U.S.)--Jamaica Peace Corps (U.S.)--History--1990-1999. Environment Environmental education. Interpersonal relations. Work. Friendship. Teachers. Teaching. International travel. Travel.Interview Rights
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Oddo, Sarah Cross Interview by Angene Wilson. 23 Jan. 2008. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Oddo, S.C. (2008, January 23). Interview by A. Wilson. Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Oddo, Sarah Cross, interview by Angene Wilson. January 23, 2008, Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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