Sunny Hermosa Beach resident to aid Azerbaijan
Marcy Morita will leave her local beach to support community economic development in Azerbaijan. Photo by Ciley Carrington Sitting at a Pier Avenue Café in a salmon-colored sundress and billowy white blouse, Marcy Morita glows in the late afternoon sun of the city she’s called home for 15 years. In September, Morita will say goodbye to the community she loves in order to travel to Azerbaijan for a two-year Peace Corps assignment. Volunteering is a passion for Morita, 44. Last August she traveled to Indonesia for a week to help build homes with Habitat For Humanity. She also has taken part in volunteering activities through her job in the financial services field, including teaching entrepreneurship to fourth graders in a junior achievement program. Joining the Peace Corps, a 50-year-old organization fostering development worldwide and nurturing mutual cultural understanding abroad, is something Morita has wanted to do for a long time. “In speaking to people and then reading more about their mission and truly what they’re trying to accomplish, that kind of anchored me into getting to the Peace Corps,” she said. “It just took a little bit of time for me to get to a point where I…
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