CURRENT MISSION

To better understand societies and systems

ABOUT ME

I'm Elena! I like talking politics, playing board games, and engaging in social justice issues.

I'm low-key and like exploring and learning!

PHILOSOPHY

The main business of humanity is to do a good job of being human beings, not to serve as appendages to machines, institutions, and systems.

Interests

• animals
• baking
• vegan
• politics
• board games
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

I tend to enjoy Latin American and North American authors, like Ariel Dorfman, Julio Cortazar, Ariel Dorfman, Margaret Atwood and Philip Roth.

I also like feminist literature, philosophy, linguistics, politics, and cultural theory.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was a contestant on the Jeopardy! television show as a child

Teach, Learn, Share

One special skill that I have is vegan baking (making cookies, brownies, etc. without the use of animal products like eggs or dairy), but I don't always keep vegan when I eat myself!

I know a lot about agricultural development and agricultural policy; I taught a university course on how agricultural policy and economic forces combine to influence global hunger (to see the syllabus -- http://trinity.duke.edu/uploads/assets/GlobalPoliticsHunger_01.pdf).

I really want to learn how to play the harmonica!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Dominican Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Uganda, United States

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