About

Welcome! – ¡Bienvenidos!

Global Mariposa is a website about me, Jacquelyn Koehler. 

Mariposa is the Spanish word for butterfly which symbolizes change, freedom, and beauty.  Global refers to the impact I want to make with my life.  I am a citizen of the world and want to learn and try new things all over. 

 

I am a global mariposa – flitting around the world to find new experiences that will mold me into the socially conscious and well-rounded person I strive to be. 

 

My Buterfly Effect

Have you heard of the butterfly effect?  In a recent internet search on butterflies, I came across a Canadian youth program that uses this theory to describe the potentially global impact of helping hands: 

“There’s a theory that says if a butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the world, for example in South Africa, the air disturbance caused by that one flap has enough force to trigger a storm somewhere else in the world a month later, for instance, in Nunavut, Canada.  ….Imagine the power of your ideas and action to help improve the quality of life in the world’s…countries!” 

 

I want to cause a “butterfly effect” that improves the well being of those without the resources and capabilities of achieving it on their own.