>> I was very interested in working in international development,
but from ensuring that it was contextually driven and some top-down approach,
and I also have a background in working in women's empowerment, and Asia,
so this was a great combination of my background and my interests.
And I also, it's a good balance between working in the Washington DC office
and having a home base, but having travel opportunities, and I have a wonderful team.
I work with the Women's Empowerment Technical Team here in DC,
and they're all very interesting and driven and well-traveled people.
So it's a great set of colleague's as well.
The benefits are also the challenges.
Traveling is tiring and takes you away from what is happening.
For example, yesterday, I was asked to go to Mongolia for two weeks, like, next week.
So that's kind of a change of pace when you have certain plans in place, but it's also exciting.
So, I would say it's kind of unusual lifestyle in some ways, but one that I welcomed.
Yeah, so it's generally a good balance.