Milwaukee Peace Corps Association

Emily is a nonprofit professional and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in the Dominican Republic, in Los Ríos, Bahoruco, from 2017 to 2020. One of the most meaningful parts of her service was being a resource, friend, and confidant to fellow volunteers as they navigated the highs and lows of service.

Her third year, serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer Leader, was unexpectedly cut short by the 2020 COVID-19 evacuations. During that transition, she leaned on the Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) network to readjust to life in the United States.

Now, she hopes to give back to the Milwaukee Peace Corps community what others once gave her—offering support, connection, and a sense of belonging. She aims to bring hope, laughter, and community to anyone looking for a friend or someone to share a cafecito with.

Morocco 1984-86

Anne Leplae was a high school English teacher in Midelt, a small town in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco. She also worked with Catholic Relief services to conduct a
survey of water use in rural regions of Morocco.

After her Peace Corps service, Anne lived in France, Chicago, and eventually came back to Milwaukee. She has worked extensively in the non-profit sector first in refugee
resettlement with Russians in Chicago, then literacy work with immigrant women in France, and finally as executive director of the Alliance Française de Milwaukee, a non-
profit organization whose mission is to promote French language and cultural exchange since 1998.

She has master’s degrees in International Relations and Nonprofit Management. Anne enjoys traveling and taking advantage of all the good things the Milwaukee-area has to
offer. Anne visited her Moroccan friends in Midelt in spring of 2023.

Jordan 2007-2009

Bobbie served in the village of As-Safina in the beautiful olive country in the north of Jordan. She was a TEFL volunteer and taught English predominantly to middle schoolers at a girls’ government school. She was also one of the founding members of the inaugural camp GLOW in Jordan. Her largest ‘project’ was gaining a second loving family with the Zregats. After service, Bobbie went to grad school at NYU and received her MSW. She is now the Program Director at a mental health agency that provides community based mental health support to adults living with severe and persistent mental health conditions who live in the community. Bobbie serves as the Secretary of the MPCA board. In her free time Bobbie enjoys hiking, kayaking, finding ways to practice her Arabic, and pretending she knows how to roller skate.

Dominican Republic 2012-14

Peter Hulbert was a Youth Development Volunteer in Batey Santa Maria in the southwest of the Dominican Republic. He worked on gender empowerment for teenage girls through a program called Chicas Brillante. He also taught HIV/AID education, and coached two soccer teams one for boys and one for girls. After service Peter moved to Boston where he got his masters in Sustainable International Development from The Heller School at Brandeis University. He worked in education empowerment in Boston for five years. In 2021 he moved to Milwaukee to continue his work in education. He currently works for Milwaukee Public Library as the Teen Education Outreach Coordinator.  In his free time Peter enjoys spending time with his dog Artie, hiking, running, and enjoying the city.

Cameroon 1983-85

Catharine served as a Community Development Volunteer in the rural area of eastern Cameroon. In the field, she identified villages in need of clean spring water and worked in collaboration with CARE International to improve access to clean ground water as an alternative source to contaminated river water. She also identified land management needs and worked with local entities to meet those needs. Upon her return, she worked in Washington DC for an international consulting firm working with USAID on natural resource management projects in West Africa and Russia, went to graduate school getting a degree in Urban and Regional Planning, and then worked in the environmental field. In 2020, she moved to Milwaukee from Pennsylvania and worked in the health sector. Catharine serves as the Milwaukee PC Association (MPCA) Outreach Chair, aiming to engage local RPCV of all ages to use MPCA as a resource and to serve as a network within the community and beyond. “My desire to live in a French speaking African country was a dream – a dream that came true through Peace Corps. I am forever thankful for my insight and drive to be part of Peace Corps”.