Presenter: Hannah Miller
Mentors: Peg Boulay, Environmental Studies; Marquis Blaine, Journalism
Creative Work Presentation: 46
Major: Journalism
During the fall of 2014, I spent three months interning with The Trailblazer Foundation, located in the Siem Reap province of Cambodia. The Trailblazer Foundation works to address sustainable living, create self-sustaining programs, foster community based development, provide opportunities for self-employment and economic independence, reduce dependency on international aid, and find additional solutions to alleviating poverty. The Trailblazer Foundation integrates local communities in their projects while facilitating conservation related practices, as well as outreaches to the global conservation community. While working with and living among the people of Cambodia, a country that impacted my life profoundly, I was able to photograph much of the Cambodian culture and ways of living.