I joined the Peace Corps as a Response Volunteer in August 2016 and traded the island of Manhattan for the island of Yap after a long career as a marketing executive. The stories of companies and the people behind them were my stock-in-trade for nearly 40 years, but today I'm telling the stories of the people and culture of the Pacific Region and how they live in the modern world while maintaining their traditional way of life. After my brief Peace Corps service ended, I stayed in Yap and am now providing these and other stories about the places I have lived and visited through the lens of both personal experience as well as interviews and observations. A contributor to the Pacific Island Times and other regional news media, my writing and photos have also appeared over the years in the New York Times, National Geographic.com/Travel, Verge, goworldtravel.com, Transitions Abroad, Wooden Canoe Magazine, Journal for Weavers, Spinner & Dyers, and other print and online media.