After graduating from John Carroll, Karen Smaha
attended the University of Montevallo, earned a degree in Early Childhood
Education and taught at a Montessori preschool for three years.
However, she
decided she needed a change. So, she went to work for Southern Cal Transport –
a trucking company in Birmingham. Karen was a planner there for seven years
before she decided to follow her dreams. Her love of service work and traveling
the world led her to quit her job and join Peace Corps.
She served in the Philippines for 27 months –
the length of PC service. She taught English and sports, and became
involved in community outreach within her city and province. Karen helped promote education and awareness for HIV/AIDS, human trafficking, and STI.
While in the Philippines, Karen worked with Stop
Hunger Now (now called Rise Against Hunger), where she packaged meals to be
used in school feeding programs and emergency response. She loved the
organization and their work, and she believed in their mission.
When she returned
home, she moved to Atlanta to work for them as a Global Logistics Coordinator. In
her role, she is able to combine her passion for international humanitarian work
with her love of logistics. It also provides her with the opportunity to
continue traveling and seeing the world.
Karen can’t attend the reunion because of a work
event in Atlanta that same night, but she enjoys keeping up with everyone through the blog
posts!
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