Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2011-018-001
Marjorie (Marj) Nishek (nee Odegard) served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia from 1962 to 1964 in a home extension program. Her training at Arizona State University included time on the Maricopa Indian reservation. She married Wayne Nishek shortly before being assigned to Portachuelo, where she used her experience as a home economist for the position in the district home extension program. Nishek's work included organizing homemaker groups and 4-S (similar to 4-H) groups as well as conducting classes and meetings about nutrition, child care, health care, sanitation, and general home improvement. In the interview, she discusses her relationships with her coworkers and the families in Portachuelo, and the impact the Peace Corps had on her life. Interviewed and recorded by Sharleen Hirschi Simpson, March 18, 2011. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).