Improving Life for Millions of Kids
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I grew up in Indiana and have been a Foreign Service officer with USAID for nearly four years. I changed careers from teaching elementary school to managing education development programs with USAID because I saw an opportunity to improve the lives of millions of children around the world. I felt that I was representing the best of what America has to offer and serving my country.
False statements have portrayed me as a criminal to my fellow citizens. The misinformation and wrongful accusations about USAID and FSOs, along with the flood of unpredictable orders and lack of guidance about their implementation, have resulted in my family feeling very stressed. It is especially frustrating because the chaos seems to be inflicted intentionally and is actually at odds with the purported vision to safeguard and increase benefits to U.S. citizens of U.S. taxpayer funds.
—Anonymous FS member
