Posted
April 17, 2023
Education can transform a life and the world. That statement drives Jenna Mitchler. She experienced it firsthand as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Malawi several years ago and more recently in Tajikistan through the Fulbright Specialist Program.
“I look for opportunities to learn about people who are different than myself—there’s so much value in diversity and difference,” she says.
Mitchler joined the Peace Corps after earning her undergraduate degree—a major in English education with a minor in coaching—and taught English and HIV/AIDS education in Malawi in southeastern Africa. She also served as the president of northern Malawi’s Gender and Development Organization, which provides scholarships to girls to pay for secondary school fees.
