Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2018-017
Jaclyn (Jackie) Tayabji was served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi from June 2016 to January 2017 as a secondary education English teacher. She discusses her motivation to join the Peace Corps, her training in Malawi, and her work as a teacher while stationed in Mphomwa. Tayabji also talks candidly about her loneliness in her post, which ended with a medical evacuation due to her self-reported alcohol abuse problems. However, she reflects positively on her experience overseas and on how the Peace Corps handled her medical situation. [Archivist's note: Tayabji states in the interview that she completed treatment and has been sober since her return to the U.S.] Interviewed and recorded by Evelyn Ganzglass, May 26, 2018. 1 digital audio file.