I am a professor of multicultural studies at Shoreline Community College. I grew up in a military family in Western Europe, mostly in Naples, Paris, and Brussels. I came to the United States permanently when I was 17 years old. I hold a B.A. in Psychology and a B.A. in French Language and Literature from Seattle University, and a master’s degree in Special Education from the University of Washington. In March 1999, I completed a Ph.D. in Multicultural Education, also at UW. I have been a library aide on a bookmobile, a teacher of severely and profoundly disabled adolescents, a teacher of 4th graders with behavior disorders, a parent educator, a preschool teacher, and a child care center director. I taught in the Education and Human Services program at Shoreline Community College for 15 years before being reassigned to Multicultural Studies.
I like teaching better than anything, but I also enjoy sailing, kayaking, backcountry skiing, designing gardens, reading science fiction, and playing with my husband George, my son Lucas, and our dog, Jamaica.
I am on leave from August 15, 2003 until September 16 2005 to sail with my family to Mexico and Central America.