Matt Becker
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Non-Profit |
| Occupation | Student, Writer, Photographer, World Traveler, Dude |
| Location | Sonargaon, Narayanganj, Bangladesh |
| Introduction | I'm from Colorado and originally started this blog while working as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mongolia. It has chronicled my work with the Peace Corps as well as my work and travels in Southeast Asia and adjusting to life in the U.S. after two and a half years abroad, and occasional work related and political rants. I'm currently pursuing my Masters in Global Affairs with a concentration on Peacebuilding at New York University and spending the summer working as a Peace Fellow for the Advocacy Project in Sonargaon, Bangladesh. I write about my experiences, traveling, people, and occasionally politics and world events. I spend a lot of time trying to balance my idealism with my cynicism, I love to laugh and I love making others laugh, I love traveling, taking pictures, meeting new people and sharing new experiences and I'm a firm believer in being excellent to each other.**The views expressed on this blog are strictly my own and do not reflect any official views or positions of the Peace Corps or any other organization I've worked for/with. Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoy this! |
| Interests | Travel, reading, learning, meeting new people and experiencing new things, basketball, music, movies, interational studies/relations, human rights, photography, comedy, making the world a better place |
| Favorite Movies | Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, lots more |
| Favorite Music | Classified, Fort Minor, Brother Ali, Atmosphere, B.o.B., Nas, Lupe Fiasco, Rage Against the Machine, Deltron, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, The Roots, Apathy, Styles of Beyond, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sublime, Pepper, Tristan Prettyman, Yellowcard, Sum 41, Blink 182, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Canibus, Calvin Harris, David Guetta, K'Naan, Damian Marley, Bob Marley, Jack Johnson, G. Love and Special Sauce, etc. |
| Favorite Books | Chasing the Flame: One Man's Fight to Save the World, Faith at War: A Journey on the Front Lines of Islam, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Letter to a Christian Nation, A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Strength in What Remains, etc. |