Nicole Henriksen Returns to Africa with Peace Corps in June
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February 26, 2020
THIS WOMAN LOVES HER WORK – Nicole Henriksen was glad to be a health care volunteer in Uganda last summer. Her joy is obvious in this group shot, with another volunteer and three boys. – Photo courtesy of Nicole Henriksen
Nicole Henriksen goes great distances to help others.
Consider that the 2016 La Conner High alum spent part of last summer in Uganda as a health care volunteer and will return to Africa in June for a two-year Peace Corps assignment in Malawi.
And she has done so while staying on schedule to graduate from Washington State University.
Henriksen leaves for southeastern Africa in June, shortly after receiving a bachelor’s degree in psychology during spring commencement exercises in Pullman.
At one point, the former LCHS student-athlete and campus leader planned to major in neuroscience. She e...
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