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Luis Arguedas - Country Director |
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Luis joined Projects Abroad in July 2006 and has both Canadian and Costa Rican citizenship. Luis speaks English, French and Spanish and before joining the Costa Rica team he worked at the National University of Costa Rica teaching tourism and business administration. In his free time Luis enjoys going to the beach, cycling, watching movies and playing the saxophone.
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| Victor Chacon - Project Supervisor |
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Victor joined the Costa Rica team in January 2010 after working for three years in Toronto and New Mexico. Victor is based in Liberia and is mainly involved with our teaching community projects and host families. He enjoys intercultural experiences and working face to face with the local community and the volunteers. |
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| Daleysha Ewors - Project Supervisor |
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Daleysha joined the team in Costa Rica in May 2010. She previously worked in care and teaching institutions in San Jose and decided to move to the beautiful and warm city of Liberia. She has her origins on the Caribbean coast and loves to dance salsa. She also enjoys hiking, hot springs and the beach. |
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| Maria Vanegas - Desk Officer |
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Maria joined the Costa Rica team in May 2010. She studied Tourism at the National University of Costa Rica in Liberia. She enjoys listing to music, learning about new cultures, playing basketball and hiking. |
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| Marielos Arguello - Social Manager |
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Marielos joined the team in October 2010 after working as an English teacher at the Universidad Central in Liberia. As Social Manager Marielos is in charge of official social activities, newsletters, blogs, etc. Marielos enjoys rafting, hiking, biking, horseback riding and all the extreme sports she can manage. |
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| Richard Munday - Conservation Coordinator |
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Richard joined the Costa Rica team in November 2008 after working for three years at the Conservation Project in Peru. Richard is based at Barra Honda National Park and is involved in the daily work arrangements for volunteers and the long term planning for the project. |
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| Oscar Rosales - Conservation Coordinator |
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Oscar previously worked at Barra Honda for 8 years as a cave guide. Since March 2009 he has been working directly with Projects Abroad in the park. With his amazing local knowledge of the park he is able to answer any questions you may have. He also knows the people in the surrounding area very well, so is always helpful in organising work and trips out of the park. |
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| Eduardo Artavia - Biologist |
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Eduardo is from San Jose and studied Management of Natural Resources at the National University in Athenas. He is currently finishing his degree with the State University of Long Distance Learning. He worked on and off at Barra Honda National Park since the start of 2008 doing investigations and studies for his university course. The main focus of Eduardo's degree is bats. He enjoys that his job allows him to teach enthusiastic people about the wonders that are all around us here in Costa Rica. |
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| Meicel Gomez - Conservation Project Cook |
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Meicel has been working in kitchens most of her life and is a very talented cook. She is always happy to provide something special or different to the volunteers and is always around to help out if a volunteer has a problem or just wants a chat. |
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