pohnpei397
pohnpei397
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October 1, 2009
Teacher
Community / Jr. College
History, Social Sciences
University of Chicago - Chicago, IL, US (1986 - 1990)
University of Washington-Seattle Campus - Seattle, WA, US (1991 - 1997)
Sports, reading, chasing the kids around, learning languages.
Biography
I grew up in Micronesia, went to high school in Hawaii. College at the U of Chicago, Ph.D. from U of Washington. I taught four years of high school then quit when my first daughter was born so I could teach part-time at a community college and stay home with her (and later another daughter).
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