Meet the Team
By the numbers:
• 8 men
• 7 women
• 2 Portuguese
• 4 Portuguese speakers
• 5 Spanish speakers
• 9 French speakers
• 15 English speakers
• 1 Italian speaker
• 3 Canadians
• 1 Irishman
• 5 New Yorkers
• 2 African Americans
• 3 Europeans
• 4 Third Culture Kids
• 1 person born in the 40’s
• 1 person born in the 50’s
• 2 people born in the 60’s
• 3 people born in the 70’s
• 7 people born in the 80’s
• 1 person born in the 90’s
• 1 person who’s had just 6 birthdays
• 1 person who’ll have a birthday while we’re together
• 3 Artists
• 3 Dancers
• 9 Writers
• 4 Photographers
• 1 Singer
• 2 Lawyers
• 15 Builders (6 w/experience)
Shaun Ben-Ari is a teenage globe-trotter from New York fluent in Spanish who enjoys working with kids.
Wendi Ben-Ari is an ESL teacher, a Fulbright scholar, and Shaun’s mom.
Mike Christensen is a high school counsellor turned builder and father of five young men from Seattle.
Erinn Hatter is a dancer and preschool art teacher from Pennsylvania now living in New York City.
Rochelle Kirton is a 4th year Trent University business student and entrepreneur from Ontario, Canada, whose parents are from Barbados.
Jordan Kleber moved to Portugal from Seattle with his family in 2001 to work with Habitat for Humanity and now operates VisitingPortugal.com in Lisbon with his wife, Debbie.
Here's Jordan, right, with (R-L) son Drex, wife Debbie, daughter Austin and Austin's husband, Vitor.
Megan MacCrellish is a camp counsellor and sophomore economics student at Middlebury College in Vermont.
John Mosely spoke English at home growing up in Portugal. Now he’s a first year international business student in Porto, Portugal, and deadly from three-point range.
Rahim Mulji is an Investment Banker from Calgary, Alberta. He was raised in a Muslim household by parents from Tanzania and Kenya.
Lee Richmond is a veteran Global Village volunteer and sales manager from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Davy Rogers is another veteran Global Village volunteer and sports columnist from Bethesda, Maryland.
Jim Rogers is your insurance policy. He leads Global Village teams in his sleep. If Jordan goes to pieces, he’ll pick them up. He practices law in Washington, D.C. and he’s Davy’s dad.
Isabel Serrano practices law in Portimão, Portugal.
Kathryne Wick grew up on Long Island, studied art and roomed with Erinn at Penn State, and now works as a freelance costume designer in New York City.
• 8 men
• 7 women
• 2 Portuguese
• 4 Portuguese speakers
• 5 Spanish speakers
• 9 French speakers
• 15 English speakers
• 1 Italian speaker
• 3 Canadians
• 1 Irishman
• 5 New Yorkers
• 2 African Americans
• 3 Europeans
• 4 Third Culture Kids
• 1 person born in the 40’s
• 1 person born in the 50’s
• 2 people born in the 60’s
• 3 people born in the 70’s
• 7 people born in the 80’s
• 1 person born in the 90’s
• 1 person who’s had just 6 birthdays
• 1 person who’ll have a birthday while we’re together
• 3 Artists
• 3 Dancers
• 9 Writers
• 4 Photographers
• 1 Singer
• 2 Lawyers
• 15 Builders (6 w/experience)
Shaun Ben-Ari is a teenage globe-trotter from New York fluent in Spanish who enjoys working with kids.
Wendi Ben-Ari is an ESL teacher, a Fulbright scholar, and Shaun’s mom.
Mike Christensen is a high school counsellor turned builder and father of five young men from Seattle.
Erinn Hatter is a dancer and preschool art teacher from Pennsylvania now living in New York City.
Rochelle Kirton is a 4th year Trent University business student and entrepreneur from Ontario, Canada, whose parents are from Barbados.
Jordan Kleber moved to Portugal from Seattle with his family in 2001 to work with Habitat for Humanity and now operates VisitingPortugal.com in Lisbon with his wife, Debbie.
Here's Jordan, right, with (R-L) son Drex, wife Debbie, daughter Austin and Austin's husband, Vitor.Megan MacCrellish is a camp counsellor and sophomore economics student at Middlebury College in Vermont.
John Mosely spoke English at home growing up in Portugal. Now he’s a first year international business student in Porto, Portugal, and deadly from three-point range.
Rahim Mulji is an Investment Banker from Calgary, Alberta. He was raised in a Muslim household by parents from Tanzania and Kenya.
Lee Richmond is a veteran Global Village volunteer and sales manager from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Davy Rogers is another veteran Global Village volunteer and sports columnist from Bethesda, Maryland.
Jim Rogers is your insurance policy. He leads Global Village teams in his sleep. If Jordan goes to pieces, he’ll pick them up. He practices law in Washington, D.C. and he’s Davy’s dad.
Isabel Serrano practices law in Portimão, Portugal.
Kathryne Wick grew up on Long Island, studied art and roomed with Erinn at Penn State, and now works as a freelance costume designer in New York City.
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