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wondered if there was still space for her at our meeting.
Fortunately, we still had space to welcome her. Little
did we know that two years later we would be welcoming
her to our staff.
Kris Stoesz grew up in a family that focused on promoting
justice and peace around the world. Her first trip
to Haiti was when she was in seventh grade; she visited
her older brother who was serving there with Mennonite
Central Committee.
After graduating from Eastern Mennonite University
with a degree in Early Childhood Education, Kris taught
third grade. She then moved to Haiti, where she worked
with the Albert Schweitzer Hospital for five years,
helping coordinate their literacy and education programs.
Kris is currently living with a Haitian family in
Darbonne, a small town on the lush coastal plain near
Leogane, where she provides support to apprentices
who live in the area and helps with our Transformational
Travel and Constituency Education programs. In the
longer term, Kris plans to use her teaching experience
to help us deepen and expand our efforts to promote
liberating education in Haiti. She is especially interested
in participatory teaching methods, literacy training,
conflict resolution, and the development of Creole
teaching materials. Kris’s wisdom, sensitivity,
experience, and deep commitment to social justice
are a great gift to our community.
We are so grateful we had room for Kris two years
ago and that God brought her our way.
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