Tanguy was a dual-degree graduate of business and computer science , working in computer software sales , when she was offered a sabbatical to hike in the Himalayas . According to a Stanford magazine profile ( 2000 ) , she applied for a position with Médecins Sans Frontieres after the Armenian earthquake of 1988 , which later led to coordinating relief missions in Uganda , Somalia , Zaire , Liberia , and the Balkan peninsula
Armenian earthquake
1988 Armenian earthquake
Joelle Tanguy