About Me

+Border-crosser from way back.

+Poetry lover.

+Aiming for equanimity.

+Collector of unlikely stories.

+My own unlikely story: college dropout & Berkeley Ph.D.

+Starting my 25th year as an educator.

+Daughter of a veteran teacher.

+City roots by birth; wide-sky-dweller by choice. 

+Addicted to turquoise.

+Accompanied by dogs in this life.

+Devoted to horses.

+Also devoted to the idea that literacy is one sure path to a more just and humane world.