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Vannetta R. Perry, Ed.D, International Educational Consultant, has served as project director for international educational projects abroad since 1999. She has taken groups to Ghana, China, and Brasil. Projects typically focus on cultural and socio-economic activities important to inhabitants of rural areas of developing countries and how those activities affect the quality of the local environment.
Dr. Perry’s educational experience began at New Mexico State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture with emphasis in Animal Science. Her Master of Science Degree, from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, is in Chemistry, with emphasis in Biochemistry. In 2002, Dr. Perry received her Doctorate of Education from the University of New Mexico in Educational Leadership and Administration. Her professional experiences emphasize educational project development, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Significant grants related to international project development include numerous United States Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program grants that funded the teacher professional development and research projects in developing countries.
What is Dr. Perry’s particular interest in taking educational groups to developing countries? An individual can study a particular culture or group of people anywhere. The internet has opened the world to us and truly, we have become a global society. The unique aspect of studying while living in a developing country is experiential learning within cultural immersion of the locale. The experiences are profound and enriching. When we learn of other peoples and cultures different from our own and embrace others without judgment, we most often find that there are more similarities than differences. Through her projects, Dr. Perry believes the domino effect will bring world peace and acceptance, one individual at a time.
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