MEET THE TEAM.

words cannot begin to describe how excited we are to start this journey next week. we'll be using this blog to document our experiences in haiti and to allow others to share in these experiences with us. it seems surreal to think that at this time, one week from now, we'll be in haiti. it's been a long journey to get where we're going - but we couldn't be more thrilled that the time is finally here.

there are eight of us traveling next week to haiti, and we thought this would be a perfect time to introduce our team to you - so here it goes. we'll each be posting at least once during our time in haiti, get excited!

brian - bjofoco - co-leader of the william & mary haiti compact, this trip to haiti is the baby that brian helped birth. he traveled to haiti in june and organizes finances and works tirelessly with kylee to make sure she doesn't forget things. he enjoys having no white space on his googlecal, everything related to william & mary, buttered biscuits from wawa, knowing useless facts about the different trees on campus, backwards hats, and beta theta pi.

kylee - kPr - the other co-leader of the william & mary haiti compact, kylee was brought in to help brian in september of 2010 and works primarily with logistics, the itinerary, and communicating with the community partners. kylee enjoys monograms, diet sundrop, being a hot mess, telling stories, singing a cappella, tridelta,

beatboxing, and sending cracked-out e-mails.

catherine - the avid chicagoan adventurer of the haiti compact, catherine brings her enthusiasm and love for the outdoors to every meeting. when not enthralled in the excitement that is the w&m haiti compact, you can find catherine working the rock wall at the rec center, studying kinesiology or biology or some other smart thing, being obsessed with harry potter, or attempting to stuff pb&j's into her suitcase for haiti.

katie - a fluent speaker of french, katie trolls websites to check the news for haiti and has been a wonderful source of information for our w&m haiti compact team. katie enjoys buying women's cargo pants from the maternity section in target, francophone culture, giggling, and working at the rec (okay, so maybe she doesn't exactly enjoy the whole working at the rec part).

melody - melody is the associate director of the william & mary office of community engagement and we are more than thrilled to have her expertise and her as a member of the william & mary haiti compact. she enjoys babies, weighing babies, playing with babies, taking care of babies, babies, her nephew (who is a baby), doing the double skinny arm, and did we mention it? babies.

nick - even though he cut his hair and isn't looking to get dreads any time soon, nick is a valued member of the w&m haiti compact team and often brings his love for the environment and wisdom to team meetings. when not getting excited to travel to port-au-prince, you can find nick longboarding throughout life, painting murals, or having a love for music (except not country).

timmy - timmy, also known as "the mute," is a wonderful addition to our william & mary haiti compact team. he pioneered our fundraising efforts last semester and we were so excited to see his impression of carolyn bradford and her excitement for fundraising. when not getting excited for the haiti compact, you can find timmy being involved in every other organization on campus, from being an RA to leading branch out regional service trips to expressing his excitement for owning a john boat.

wesley - previous student director of branch out international, wesley has a heart for service and a knowledge to back that heart up. we are so grateful to have her as a part of our team, especially because that means we'll all have tons of sparkly headbands to spare. when not getting ready for the peace corps or playing with her new camera, you can find wesley graduating from w&m, running marathons, limping around campus after running marathons, being a head resident, or hanging out with her sisters in gamma phi beta.

we're getting excited - t minus six days.

love,

kylee & the rest of the w&m haiti compact team.