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Maggie O'Brien 4/23/25 Maggie O'Brien 4/23/25

An uncommon gap year path

How a yard sale led me to buy a one way ticket to Nepal when I was 18, where I wrote a speech for the Vice President, painted a mural, and volunteered for CNN Hero of the Year, Maggie Doyne.

Maggie O'Brien 4/10/25 Maggie O'Brien 4/10/25

Finding a reason to wake up each morning

My grandfather’s legacy behind the Peace Corps, a young Bernie Sanders, and a few sheep.