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Peace Corps still changing lives decades after inception

CHICAGO - If it feels as if you're being asked about the state of America from friends and family outside the country or when visiting other nations on your travels, imagine what Peace Corps volunteers must go through after serving in locales around the globe?

It's a situation 28-year-old Alexandria Trimble of Chicago's Lakeview area is familiar with. After serving in El Salvador in 2013-15, she said she often gets questions from her host family and community on Facebook about the political climate in the U.S.

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