Jan Lewis
My blogs
| Industry | Consulting |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Mental health nurse educator/consultant |
| Location | Colonia Vicente Guerrero, Baja California Norte, Mexico |
| Introduction | I first visited Haiti in 1999 as part of an outreach effort of Pueblo, Colorado's Ascension Episcopal Church. Since 2006 I've collaborated with the women of St. Basile's parish in Gonaives (Haiti's third largest city) and others to support spiritual growth (Order of the Daughters of the King), income generation (Haitian Batik Project), and health (initiation of cervical cancer screening and treatment in Gonaives). I lived in Ecuador for over a year (coordinating Daughters of the King) and am now based in Mexico, helping at a shelter for women overcoming abuse, abandonment, and addictions. |
| Interests | Learning from and supporting those who live in poverty, simplifying my life, nurturing spiritual, emotional, and physical health in others |
| Favorite books | From Outrage to Courage (Murray), Creating a World without Poverty (Yunus), Parenting from the Inside Out (Siegel & Hartzell), The Brain that Changes Itself (Doidge), Five Minds for the Future (Gardner), Emotional Intelligence (Goleman), The China Study (Campbell & Campbell), Insecure at Last (Ensler), Mountains beyond Mountains (Kidder), Haiti after the Earthquake (Farmer), Krik? Krak! (Danticat), The Christ of the Indian Road (Jones), Pilgrims of Christ on the Muslim Road (Chandler), The New Jim Crow (Alexander), The Imitation of Christ (A Kempis), Freedom of Simplicity (Foster) |