With a strong background as a pastry chef, a weak background with spelling and a desire to innovate baking techniques that would turn leftover cakes into sellable products, I joined the Desert Restoration Corps with enthusiasm and drive. Moments later I was crushed by the apparent mistake I made. If the DRC wasn’t such an awesome program, I would have returned home disgraced and diminished. As it turned out, I began to enjoy the desert, see the potential of guarding it against human interference and hoping to work with future generations of corps members to continue what I now believe to be the DRC’s objective: the interrelated transformation of the self and the environment to create a more sustainable world. If you’re joining my crew, I welcome you to a life-changing experience in a beautiful land. If you’re not on my team, I encourage you to come out and see what we’re doing. Maybe you’ll take a liking to our unique lifestyle. If not, at least you’ll get to try my award winning profiteroles.
