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Welcome to my blog! I've started this to keep everyone updated on my upcoming travels in Nepal and beyond. 

I am currently raising money to return to Nepal as an acupuncturist. The people in this region suffer from diseases such as tuberculosis, typhoid fever and pain. Acupuncture does not rely on the availability of expensive medications and can be extremely effective in treating illnesses and pain. Therefore, the Acupuncture Relief Project takes a small group of practitioners to Nepal each year to provide care. This year we are venturing to the Kogate region, providing healthcare to those without access to basic care. We are essentially creating a new clinic from scratch and must bring all the supplies needed from the US to Nepal. Everyone has an opportunity to help, even if you cannot come to Nepal, your financial contribution will allow this clinic to treat hundreds of people during the time we are there. 

Please donate any amount. Every little bit helps someone in need and allows me to share this experience with you!

Donate HERE!!

In 2009, I traveled to Nepal for the first time to volunteer at Harka Self-Sustaining Orphanage. While I was there I trekked the Annapurna Circuit and participated in a Vipassana mediation, which involves sitting in nobel silence for 10 days. Each of these experiences left an everlasting impression and since leaving I knew I would return to this wondrous country.

This is me with the children and family from the orphanage. 

Your donation will be helping people like this.

I graduate from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine this August with a masters degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine. I've been studying this medicine for three years and since hearing of the Acupuncture Relief Project in 2010, I wanted to participate. I am truly honored and grateful for this opportunity and look forward to sharing this experience with others.   

I'm new to the blogging community, so I'm learning the ins-and-outs of it. Apparently people can follow this blog and will receive email updates. If that's your thing, please follow me! Otherwise, I'll probably send out emails letting the less tech savvy know I updated this. Enjoy.