What’s an ROA Part III: Ross
Part 3 in our “What’s an ROA” series is Ross Joy, who covers some of the North East and Mid Atlantic States
Hola. My name is Ross Joy and I am the ROA for New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. I attend Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ which is three blocks outside of Newark. I am majoring in International Relations and Diplomacy, Spanish, and hopefully a minor in Urban Studies. I am 98% sure that I am going to the Peace Corp after school. Dream job is to work for the UN Development Programme or Population Fund dealing with slum development.
I am originally from a small farming town south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Coming from an extend farming family and an active 4-H member, I have always been interested in agriculture and social justice issues. Reading letters from my parents’ college friends that have become missionaries in Ethiopia and in high school reading Jeffrey Sachs’ “The End of Poverty” and Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” (must reads), I came to realize that ending poverty is a call for humanity and myself.
Otherwise I enjoy long walks on the beach, Merengue dancing, the movie Garden State, photography, Bollywood music, the Brooklyn Bridge, and running, one day the Boston Marathon. I am very excited for winter break because I am going to be visiting family that lives in Santo Domingo, DR. Good luck with exams and remember that we are the engines for social change.
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