Hi there! It's Blakey here, reporting from the Island Nation of Samoa in the heart of the South Pacific. I am currently serving as an Information and Communications Technology volunteer in the Peace Corps. I flew here on October 7th 2008 and plan to be here through December 2010.

Growing up in St. Paul, Mnnesota was great! Especially because now I can use the accent I had to do great Sarah Palin impressions. When it was time for college I was very excited to have the opportunity to go to McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. After four years of studying Linguistics and Computer Science, I graduated in May and was ready for my next adventure. My thesis was focused on Syntax of Austronesian Languages (the family of languages from the Pacific Islands), so I really wanted to serve on an Austronesian island. I was lucky enough to be placed in Samoa and I couldn't be happier!