Dick has volunteered with VSS for five years and participated in an array of activities in the Education Program including, classroom assistance, transportation, school photographer and building/office support. Dick’s investment to our students’ lives can be seen in his assistance with various needs outside of school such as: communicating with landlords, navigating county/state/federal paperwork, arranging and taking students to medical appointments. He holds a BA from the University of Minnesota and has been a Peace Corps volunteer on three separate occasions where he served in the following countries of Iran, Samoa, and Tanzania as an educator. His favorite past time is taking candid pictures of students, teachers, and all the people around him.