A native midwesterner, I now consider myself firmly embedded in the Pacific Northwest.
I moved here from Philadelphia, PA in 1990 when my husband Greg transferred jobs within the Boeing Company. We were struck by the beauty of the mountains, the deep green forests, and the sparkling blue waters–quite unlike the concrete jungle of the New York to Washington D.C. corridor. Those trees led me to work with the city of Seattle planting and maintaining street trees. Later, I began to plant trees and native species as a part of efforts to re-vegetate the Sammamish Slough and Issaquah Creek on the east side.
I entered the Masters of Environmental Studies program at The Evergreen State College in 2006. Although I originally intended to focus on trees and forest issues, a life-changing trip to Chernobyl, Ukraine redirected me to studies of nuclear power specifically and energy questions in general. For my thesis I chose to investigate the reasons behind the renewed interest in building new nuclear power plants in the United States.
I am now excited to share my passion about energy issues by teaching a new M.E.S. elective: Energy in the Pacific Northwest: A Model for the Future?
