This is part 2 in my day in the life series. Read part 1 here: Day In The Life 1: The Zoo.

As expected, we get attacked with questions when we pull into the youth center. When is Aqaba happening? Did any names get refused? We do these trainings once or twice a year; our people know the drill and are hungry for details.

I hide from the questions in the tiny, 10-square-foot trailer that serves as our staff office and make final changes to the Powerpoint with Katie.

Then I walk over to the trainings room and convene a meeting with 20 of the Syrian staff to brief them on the research study findings. I give a two-minute introduction to the meeting, which I feel in the moment is bad quality and full of Arabic mistakes because I’m rushing and unfocused, then let Katie, Dania and Aisha take over and lead the rest of the meeting.