OUT OF ASIA

Dr Jacqueline Parisi, executive director at the Impact Effect, on life in two countries

Dr Jacqueline Parisi logs into a video call with a Wellington social enterprise from Koh Chang Island, one of Thailand’s most eastern islands, laden with white sand beaches. While she owns a home in Hawke’s Bay, the 56-year-old Kiwi is likely to be found somewhere in Southeast Asia, where she runs organisational development projects in the international development and aid sector. Jacqueline loves so many things about Asia – the smells, food, and the buzz of cities like Bangkok, where she has been based. Thanks to technology, she has created a career and lifestyle that allows her to move between her two favourite places – New Zealand and Asia. First travelling to Asia in her mid-twenties to teach English as a foreign language, it is her sixth stint there. Her…

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