• Running Start student at Clark College; Union High School
• Call: Missionary work
Don’t let Jorden Jackson’s youth throw you. She’s already an experienced world traveler.
The 18-year-old Union High School senior and Running Start student at Clark College has seen the developing world as few tourists do, through international volunteer service. She’s worked construction sites in Belize and traveled through Peru. But her biggest adventures await.
After graduating from both high school and community college this month, she’ll spend about three weeks volunteering at an orphanage in Tanzania. The experience promises to be a transformative one for Jackson, who has wanted to live in Africa and establish a school there since she was 12.
International volunteering is her passion, she says.
“I love to experience new cultures and volunteer,” Jackson said. “When you’re touring around, you’re just doing it for your benefit.”