Karen Wolfgang

Karen Wolfgang, 20, is a native of Portland, Oregon. She moved to the east coast to study bioethics at Princeton, and then halfway through her studies (not in bioethics any longer) decided that she might learn more – or at least differently – outside of the university setting. Since May of 2003, she has been working, traveling, and writing in Alaska, Chiapas, the American Midwest and Southwest, Ecuador, Chile, and at home in the Pacific Northwest, which will help her get through the next few semesters of formal education. She is interested in the political periphery, in approaches to social change, and listening to (and telling) stories. She now plans to graduate from Princeton University with a degree in anthropology in 2006.