Belated Introduction

My name's Priyanka Chaurasia, and I'm a rising junior Public Policy Major/History Minor at Duke University.  I apologize for the late posting.  Mario has definitely been putting the rest of us to shame!  To make up for it, here's a link to my personal blog that I've been using to chronicle my time in Santiago, Chile:  pri430.wordpress.com

I'm working with AccionEmprendedora, specifically with female microentrepreneurs.  My project with Katie and Annie is to create a manual for women who are balancing work life and family life.  It will be full of advice, stories, pictures, and exercises for the average Santaguina microentrepreneur who doesn't want to choose between being a mother and a businesswoman.  It's for the woman who wants both, who quite frankly needs both.  Chile's economy is great for the rich, but especially bleak for the poor.  Struggling economic times call for working women, but prevailing machismo culture combined with lack of institutional support means an exhausting reality for Chilean women.  

I hope you check out my blog, because it's a better account of my time here.  Cheers, and will update soon!