Jean
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Director of Alumni Relations |
| Location | 1,971 miles from Nashville where my identical twin lives. |
| Introduction | I was raised on a Mennonite Farm in Illinois. From the cornfields I made my way to inner city Philadelphia to live and work with kids who were the poorest of the poor but the brightest kids in the world. Later I took food and clothing to the homeless and prostitutes on the streets of NYC who opened my eyes to real poverty of spirit. Later I created fundraisers for AIDS patients, taught 2nd language learners about poetry, film and beauty and finally came to higher education to meet some of the most innovative, courageous and funky grads you could ever meet--at a place called Pitzer College. I live for moments of beauty and flashes of enlightenment. Sometimes life is just burnt out ends of smokey days (T.S. Eliot)or an ordinary cup of coffee. And sometimes it's that delicious misty morning overlooking Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 1984 that I can never get out of my head. Ever. Either way, this story is going some where. Come along, if you like. |
| Interests | My two boys, cooking, epicurean items, travel, studying the African Diaspora, shoes, rain, poetry, the perfect cup of coffee, finding my third world paradise. |
| Favorite movies | Amelie,Darjeeling Limited, The Piano, Rushmore, Reality Bites, American Beauty, Howard's End, No Country for Old Men, Shindler's List, The Station Agent |
| Favorite music | Opera, indie rock, folk rock, classical, |
| Favorite books | Awakening by Kate Chopin, Franny and Zoey by J.D. Salinger, Paradise by Toni Morrison,The Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot, Conversations with God, |