Ronna Young:
CLASS OF 1993
Edgewood High SchoolClass of 1993
Trenton, OH
University of Nebraska - OmahaClass of 2002
Omaha, NE
Haifa CollegeClass of 2001
Haifa,
University of Maryland - Arts & SciencesClass of 1999
College park, MD
Defense Language InstituteClass of 1995
Monterey, CA
Ronna's Story
Life
I joined the Air Force as an Arabic linguist about a year after high school. I did that for 6 years (mostly in England) and separated in January 2000. Later in 2000 I had received an NSEP scholarship to study Hebrew and do research in cross-cultural psychology for a year at U. of Haifa, Israel. Like many people, I was activated to support operations in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2002-2003. (quite a shock after living on a commune!) Fortunately during that time I had the chance to work as an interpreter with an assessment team in Iraq and also learned Dari. After I was (again) released from the Air Force I worked at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Just before Thanksgiving 2005 I returned to O...Expand for more
maha, Nebraska and (of all things) actually bought a house. Now IÂm busy settling in and adjusting to life in the states again. IÂm working as a policy analyst / translator for the Center for International Issues Research. This summer (2006) IÂll start my Masters in Communication with a focus on Mass MediaÂs impact on Foreign Policy. Now that I'm back in the states I'll be visiting my family more in Trenton and Middletown. I would love to catch up with old friends and hear how you're all doing!!
Update - Summer 06 I finally met my renaissance man and we got married a month later! Life is grand and we just bought our dream home so in a year or two we'll be ready to start a family.
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