Katy Wheelock, Vive’s founder, is an experienced trip organizer and leader, having designed and led multiple student exchanges and educational trips to Senegal, Quebec, and France in her role as middle and high school teacher over the last three decades.
Katy lived for two years in Senegal in the late 1990s as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal where she studied African Literature and African Civilizations. Katy’s current work benefits from her diverse experiences in Senegal and many other francophone countries with refugee work for the International Organization for Migration, peace-keeper training for the African Union, as well as teaching and volunteering with various language programs and a Senegalese homeless children’s shelter. Katy’s professional and personal connections provide a foundation for rich experience for Vive’s participants.
Phone : (703) 996-9072
Email : katy@vivelexperience.com