Joined the faculty of La Jolla Country Day School in 1999 upon moving across the country from Massachusetts, where she had taught history, government and law, coached cross-country running and served as Dean of Students at the Berkshire School, her alma mater
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations & French Literature, Mount Holyoke College; Law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law
PERSONAL:
Born in Khartoum, Sudan, from where her family fled to escape political, social & economic turmoil. She spent the first part of her life in Benghazi, Libya, where she was home-schooled by her teacher mother, until the family moved to Tripoli, where she attended the American Oil Companies School through the ninth grade. She left Libya as a teenager to continue her education in the United States, finishing high school at the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts.
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BIO:
· Worked as a plumber & was co-owner of a plumbing & heating company in Fairbanks, AK, for 8 years.
· Began using C-SPAN in the Classroom 8 years ago during
C-SPAN’s "Alexis de Tocqueville Tour: Exploring Democracy in America" in 1997.
EDUCATION:
BA in Economics from the Univ of California, Santa Cruz; got her teaching credentials from the Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks; earned a Masters degree in Educational Administration from Cal State, Long Beach; National Board Certification in the area of History/Social Studies in 2000.
PERSONAL:
From Long Beach, CA
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