Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2019-049
Pat Spencer served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tunisia from 1994 to 1996 as a special education teacher. She recalls her desire to join the Peace Corps from an early age and her family's reaction to her decision. Spencer describes various challenges in Tunisia, including with her health, her youth and inexperience, the culture, and her placement, but describes how her solutions contributed to her current career. She also talks about a local family she connected with and their warmth. Finally, Spencer explains some of the difficulties she encountered upon returning to the U.S., and gives her views on the importance of the one-to-one relationships she and others develop in the Peace Corps. Interviewed and recorded by Candice Wiggum, January 22, 2019. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).