Tara Beattie

Tara lives in Burlington, Vermont and has been a volunteer for Few for Change since she studied abroad with SIT Panama in the spring of 2019. Tara did her independent research project in the Ngäbe-Buglé comarca on the use of medicinal plants and pharmaceutical medicine in the comarca. In her day job, Tara is a program coordinator at U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants.

After living with a homestay family in the comarca for two weeks, Tara was inspired by the generosity of the community members who welcomed her into their community and who shared their stories and wisdom. One of the most memorable parts of the trip was hiking a nearby mountain to do interviews with the community who lived up there, and meeting school kids who had to hike up and down that mountain to get to school each day. Tara believes that providing access to education for all is one of the best ways to change the world for the better.