Mia Mortensen was born in Provo, Utah
but has spent most of her life living on the beautiful central coast of
California. Although Mia dedicated most
of her adolescent years to the performing arts, she has always loved traveling
and exploring new cultures. When Mia was
a little girl she set a goal to learn one foreign language and to travel to ten
countries before she died. By age
sixteen she managed to visit four. After
graduating high school, Mia took a trip to Mexico City by herself where she
developed a sensitivity to poverty and a fascination for Latin culture.
She later became fluent in Spanish while serving an ecclesiastical mission for
her church in Argentina from 2008 – 2010. In the summer of 2011 Mia had
her first experience with development work as an intern for HELP-International
in El Salvador which solidified her passion for solving the complexities of
poverty.
Mia is currently finishing up her B.A.
in political science at Brigham Young University-Idaho. At age 24 she has visited seven countries and
is hoping to double her original goal. Mia
still of course enjoys performing. She
has performed in six shows on campus and has managed two. Although she has high ambitions to go to
graduate school and continue with international development work, Mia’s ultimate
dream is to return to California, have a family of her own and work on making a
difference within her
own community.
Yours Truly, HELP Headquarters
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