Matthew Timmer

Ta Taki Falls

I have always wanted to travel and see the world, see new cultures and learn what I can from the diverse world we live in. Being born and raised in Iowa, means that what I know is fairly limited. 80% of my state is farmland, and I’ve always said that when you’re here, you’re never more than 10 minutes from the closest cornfield. By the time I had come to college I had never left America, and had only moved about an hour and a half away from where I grew up. I enrolled at Iowa State University to study graphic design. I hope that when I graduate at the end of this year, and plan to find work outside of Iowa and leave the cornfields behind. Because of my desire to travel and see the world, I learned about an organization called Camp Adventure. This organization trains students to lead day camp programs and swim lessons for our military around the world.