Adam Rosenzweig

Adam Rosenzweig was born in southern California, raised in northern California, and graduated with honors from Pitzer College in 2009 with a degree in History. He is leading Northwest Explorer and Alaska Service this summer. Before attending Pitzer, where he was also a Fulbright Research Award alternate, Adam lived in Israel for a year where he studied History and Philosophy in Jerusalem and worked at two schools for developmentally disabled children. After two months backpacking in Thailand and Cambodia he returned to California and attended Foothill Community College while teaching 6th grade American Jewish and Israeli history in Palo Alto. After transferring to Pitzer Adam was an active member of the Claremont Ultimate Frisbee team as well as Pitzer Outdoor Adventure. Adam has always been interested in education and continues to teach formally and informally at various grade levels. He was the West Coast Senior Advisor for Young Judaea, a national youth movement, for three years and volunteered to teach history in a juvenile probation camp for boys in Los Angeles County. Following three semesters interviewing prospective students for Pitzer College, he was asked to join the staff as an Admission Counselor. Adam spent the last year recruiting students and reading applications from all over the country. He loves playing the guitar, cooking. Adam writes, "I was drawn to lead for Overland because I have tremendous respect for some of my friends from college who led for Overland before me. I am eager to meet my students and other Overland leaders, and to discover beautiful new worlds alongside them."

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