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Julie Schwietert

Julie Schwietert Collazo is a writer, editor, researcher, and translator currently in New York, formerly of Mexico City and San Juan. She is Matador's managing editor and is the lead faculty member of MatadorU's travel writing program.

  • http://www.mites.biz/ James Mites

    Yes Nigeria is plagued by problems. They had a University strike recently and even when they got to a class and learned a lot of the jobs they trained for simply do not exist. The oil money they generate simply is not going to create business and infrastructure. So yes having an alternative skill is always a great idea. Even in the states most people can change jobs and careers 10 times in thier lifetime. Great article I enjoyed it.

  • http://www.trucor.com/ Mark Cunningham Trucor

    I have been fortunate enough to teach my craft all over the world. I have been to many countries teaching hypnosis and training people how to use it to benefit their lives and upgrade their personal skills and sales skills. It might be time to teach in Nigeria to help some of the people there learn what can be done quickly and easily with hypnosis to overcome obstacles in their lives.

  • http://slavehypnosis.info/ Slave to Hypnosis

    I am fascinated by Nigeria. I have never been there but I read many blogs from there. It is such a rich country in resources but the people are very poor for some reason. Most blame corruption in the government. I believe a lot of it is just they lack the preparation for a job that pays real money regardless of the economy. Great pictures.

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