"Always do what you are afraid to do" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
I felt like revisiting this, it brings back a lot of emotions, especially because the Peace Corps finally told me that I am pre-medically cleared and in the process of being placed to leave next year..... For me, the most difficult question to answer is ‘where are you from?’ Is it Wales, where I was born, The Gambia and Zambia, where my parents grew up, or is it the Philadelphia suburbs, where my family now resides? Instead of settling with one explanation, I often combine all locations to form an answer. I am British-born, American-bred, and African-influenced. I have lived in America since I was four years old and as a result, have little to no difficulty identifying myself as an American. It was not until the end of my high school years that I felt as though I was truly immersed in both my British and African backgrounds. My experiences visiting family members in England and Africa and listening to my parents’ stories about their upbringings in Gambia and Zambia