Blog and Portfolio by Crystal Stafford
When I first met Mado in Febraury of 2016, she was a little over two years old. She was so severely malnourished that she couldn’t walk or even stand. She sat in her mother’s lap, lethargic and still. Her arms barely larger than my thumb in diameter. We were there with a team of community health workers, called RECOs in DRC, who had recently been scouring the village, going to every single…
SEVEN MINUTES I was living in a hospital in Kananga in Kasai Central Province in 2012, shortly before the start of ASSP. My church…
Lately, my cravings have been leading me deeper and deeper into the forest. I find so much peace there. The moment I walk into…
This is my ultimate goal. Freedom. Freedom to do what I please at most moments in the day. Thankfully, I have a job I…
Today, Playa Guiones reopens after COVID 19 pandemic. We gathered ourselves up at first light and headed down to celebrate with the rest of…
I never really wanted to go to Panama. Well, I want to go EVERYWHERE. But Panama was definitely not at the top of my…
I know, I keep talking about my drone. But I love these photos. I love this fresh perspective on a landscape I have known…
We got a rare glimpse of old world Carribean while sailing the San Blas Islands on our honeymoon. On our first night, we buoyed…
We spent three days on this beautiful monohull, the Mica Male, sailing the turquoise waters of the San Blas Islands on our honeymoon. Our…
It’s official, we are husband and wife. All of our nearest and dearest from across the globe flocked to beaches of Nosara for a…