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Heather Danielle Shelton, 22, the daughter of Stafford residents Mike and Ann Shelton, has been accepted into the Peace Corps. She will depart for Morocco in northern Africa on Saturday to train and serve as a youth development volunteer. A substantial part of her service will include teaching English, developing community projects with local youth, and organizing leadership development activities in the local community and schools.
A graduate of Colonial Forge High School, Shelton attended Liberty University in Lynchburg where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in government this year. Shelton most recently worked as a paraprofessional for high-school students with autism and a teacher's aide for high-school band. She was senior class president at Liberty University for the 2005-06 school year.
She joins the more than 340 Virginia residents currently serving in the Peace Corps.
Peace Corps volunteer Morocco-bound
Stafford resident leaves this weekend for Peace Corps service in Morocco
Date published: 9/12/2006
By KATHLEEN LEWIS
Heather Shelton, 22, a Stafford County resident, left last weekend for Morocco to begin her volunteer work for the Peace Corps.
Shelton, a graduate of Colonial Forge High School, will teach English and develop community projects with local youth.
She will learn to speak one of the four Arabic dialects that are used in the country. French is also spoken there.
This spring, Shelton graduated with a bachelor's degree in government from Liberty University. She started as a music education major but switched to government in the middle of her sophomore year.
Once Shelton switched majors, she thought about a career in law enforcement or law. But after an international relations class, Shelton considered other possibilities, such as working for the CIA or the State Department.
She also started looking into the Peace Corps.
Shelton remembers the stories her uncle told about his Peace Corps experience. During the 1970s, he served in Yemen.
"One of the things that attracted me to the Peace Corps was the fact that I'd get to travel and live in a foreign land," said Shelton.
She looks forward to meeting the challenge of learning a new language and living among people of a different culture.
"In the end, I think the people I'm teaching will have taught me many things, as well."
- By olldflame