About Migrant Worker
The term “migrant worker” refers to a person who is to be engaged, is engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a State of which he or she is not a national. - UN Commission on Human Rights International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
Overeducated, underqualified, and occasionally “undocumented,” Migrant Worker, part of the Princeton in Asia blog network, is an attempt to detail the harsh realities and incredible rewards of international labor migration from an atypical perspective.
Even grew up in Rapid City, SD, and is proud to be everyone’s token Caucasian-Mandarin-speaking-South Dakotan friend. Her two favorite things are food and water, which she can be found both researching and consuming on a daily basis.
Since moving to China in September 2005, she has worked as a Princeton-in-Asia Fellow with Pesticide Action Network China (aka Pesticide Eco-Alternatives Center) in Kunming, Yunnan and also worked with the US Department of Agriculture’s Trade Office in Beijing. She is currently juggling a number of personal projects and welcomes any and all interesting offers and/or indecent proposals.