Kari is a Bay Area native, but a world traveler at heart. Her most recent travels abroad include a year in Southeast Asia, based in Vietnam. While there, she worked with underserved students, studied Vietnamese and explored microlending with Kiva. Kari returned to San Francisco to intern with Kiva's Community Support to educate fellow Kiva lenders about microfinance. Now Kari is eager to transition to borrower work with innovative Field Partners in Laos and Vietnam and rekindle her love affair with rice noodles.