Hi,
This is a picture of me with Argentine singer/song-writer Justo Lamas, his wife, Eva, and their daughter, Camila. Justo has given two concerts at our high school in Chelmsford, MA., and will return April 30, 2008 for another exciting time. His concerts are highly charged and interactive, since the students learn his songs prior to the concert. Learn more about Justo at his website: www.justolamas.com.

Prior to teaching Spanish in Massachusetts, I taught Creative Writing, Spanish and Russian at West Valley High School in Spokane, Washington for 16 years. Even before that I taught Spanish in Bellevue, Washington and English in La Crescenta, California. Teaching languages has to be one of the best career choices available.

One of the great things about teaching languages is that I get to travel with students to far-off places.April 2007 I traveled with nine students from Chelmsford High to Managua, Nicaragua. We had a great experience of language immersion and service learning. That was my second trip to Nicaragua with students. I have also had the privilege of traveling to Russia, England, France, Finland, Panama, Mexico, Spain and Portugal. My most recent trip with students was to Burgos, Spain this past February.

Speaking of Spain, seven years ago I had the wonderful experience of being a Fulbright Exchange teacher in a Spanish public high school in Badajoz, Spain. I lived with a Spanish family and was a part of the community for ten months. I highly recommend the Fulbright experience to all my teacher friends. It is phenomenal!

On the personal side, I have been married for 38 years to Rev. Dr. D. William McIvor, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Sudbury, MA. Our children, Kristen Louise (32 in June) and David Wallace (30) bring us joy every day. Kristen is working on her doctorate in urban ecology at the University of Washington in Seattle and David is working on his doctorate in Political Science at Duke University. Kristen celebrated 6 years recently with her partner, Don Andre, and David has been with Hollie Johnson for 9 years. Currently, Bill and I adopted a cat last October and named him Barnabas, the "encourager."