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With all of this, despite being more isolated in my physical interactions;
I have been able to re-connect with my students, friends, and family.
TERRENCE HO WAS BORN
IN 1987 IN GAINESVILLE ,
FLORIDA. AFTER GRADUATING
WITH A DEGREE IN SCULPTURE
FROM YALE UNIVERSITY,
HE SPENT A YEAR AND A
HALF TRAVELING AROUND
THE WORLD, FUNDING
HIS TRAVELS BY PLAYING
GUITAR AND SINGING ON
THE STREETS. HE TAUGHT
GRADE SCHOOL ART AND
MUSIC IN CHICAGO, BANGKOK,
THAILAND, HSINCHU, TAIWAN,
AND GAINESVILLE-MOST
RECENTLY WITH A TRAVELING
HIGH SCHOOL IN BOTSWANA,
MEXICO, UAE, GREECE ,
MALAYSIA, TÜRKIYE, AND
OMAN. HEALTH PROBLEMS
DUE TO A RARE BONE
MARROW FAILURE CONDITION
PLAGUED THESE TRAVELS.
AFTER HOSPITALIZATIONS
AND UNCERTAIN DIAGNOSES
IN RUSSIA, KYRGYZSTAN,
MEXICO, AND OMAN, HE
EVENTUALLY CAME HOME TO
THE USA, WHERE HE HAD THE
GREAT PRIVILEGE OF BEING
And, of course, my wife.
SEEN BY SEVERAL DOCTORS AT
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF
HEALTH. HIS DIAGNOSIS SEEMS
TO BE A FORM OF LEUKEMIA
BUT ISN'T AN EXACT MATCH
TO ANY CRITERIA. HO
SPENDS HIS TIME DRAWING,
READING, COOKING, AND
CLIMBING. HE LOVES
LANGUAGES, MULTILINGUAL
PUNS, AND LIVES WITH HIS
WIFE, QIANQIAN, AND THEIR
INNUMERABLE STUFFED
ANIMALS.
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