1997-2000
Huston served as Peace Corps Country Director for Mali from 1997 to 1999, and for Bulgaria from 1999 to 2000. In Mali, she was responsible for the management of the largest Peace Corps program in Africa, working in Small Enterprise Development (SED), Natural Resource Management (NRM), Agriculture and Gardening (AG), and Community Health and Water/Sanitation. In both positions she trained and supervised hundreds of volunteers and host country staff, and served as liaison with the Malian and Bulgarian governments as well as non-governmental organizations and the diplomatic communities.
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Speaking with the Peace Corps, late 1990s
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Huston's 1997 Mali badge
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Huston's 1997 Mali visa
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Huston's National Writers Union card, 1997
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Huston's National Writers Union card back, 1997
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