Our nation's capital; my home from 2013-2018 USHMM, 20th anniversary event (photo taken in 2013 when I first started working there; 2013-18) View from USHMM archives; my former place of employment (2013-18) Hall of Witness, USHMM (where I worked as a Program Coordinator from 2013-18) USHMM (my place of employment from 2013-18) USHMM (where I served as an Ed Program Coordinator 2013-18) Newest USHMM exhibit, "Americans and the Holocaust"; I was able to tour it right before I left my position in May, 2018 "Our walls bear witness" - USHMM Center for the Prevention of Genocide program; took this photo as we drove home from running on the National Mall (2016) USHMM screening of "The Zookeeper's Wife"; grateful for the experiences I was afforded as an Ed Program Coordinator (2013-18) USHMM conversation with women in the film (lead actress, producer, director, etc.); grateful for these experiences while I worked there (2013-18) Hall of Remembrance - USHMM Hall of Witness, USHMM (my former employer, 2013-18) With Holocaust survivor and USHMM founder, Elie Wiesel at a private dinner and speaking engagement in WI (Sept. 2006) With Holocaust survivor, Gerda Weissmann Klein at a private dinner and speaking engagement in WI (Feb. 2006) Holocaust survivor, Aaron Elster, at Peace Pole and Prayer Garden dedication ceremony, MN - 2008 Survivor, Aaron Elster, in MN to speak with my students, May 15, 2009 With survivor, Aaron Elster, in DC for book signing event at USHMM - July 29, 2013 In Chicago w/Holocaust survivor, Aaron Elster, Sept. 30, 2016 With Teresa and Carl Wilkens at USHMM where I served as Program Coordinator (2013-18); they were featured presenters at the Museum Teacher Fellowship program. Carl and Teresa Wilkens, co-founders of World Outside My Shoes My family with Carl Wilkens at USHMM for Museum Teacher Fellowship program presentation (where I worked 2013-18) My daughter w/Teresa and Carl Wilkens; she brought them to her university for a program Early morning room prep for Teacher Fellowship program, USHMM where I served as Program Coordinator (2013-18) Museum Teacher Fellowship program, USHMM while I was the Program Coordinator (2013-18) Museum Teacher Fellows lay wreath at WWII Memorial special service during Fellowship while I was Program Coordinator (2013-18) MTFs Jim and Brad, both vets, lay wreath for Museum Teacher Fellows at WWII Memorial 1936 Berlin Olympics artifacts, USHMM. Grateful for opportunities to see the artifacts that help to tell the stories. Grateful to the archivists and curators who shared artifacts with our program participants (USHMM Program Coordinator, 2013-18) Grateful for visits to the USHMM archives where the artifacts helped to personalize individuals and their stories (2013-18) Artifact from the Holocaust (Diary) Intl Holocaust Ed program; Lithuania contingent (while I was a Program Coordinator 2013-18) USHMM Hall of Witness set up for Teacher Fellowship reception afterhours (when I was a Program Coordinator, 2013-18) With Dr. Jim Waller at USHMM. He was a featured presenter at Museum Teacher Fellowship program when I was the Program Coordinator (2013-18) With PhD, author, presenter, Jim Waller - Museum Teacher Fellowship program (when I was Program Coordinator, 2013-18) Alma, educator from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Jim Waller, PhD/author/presenter - Museum Teacher Fellowship program (when I was Program Coordinator, 2013-18) With filmmaker, Chris Temple - screening of "Salam Neighbor" w/Museum Teacher Fellows (when I was Program Coordinator, 2013-18) With (former) USHMM education programming staff, Christine and Cameron, 2018 With Alma, educator from Bosnia and Herzegovina; MTF program while I was the Program Coordinator (2013-18) With Museum Teacher Fellow and a co-presenter, Laurie, at USHMM while I was on staff (2013-18) At Auschwitz-Birkenau in 2012 Auschwitz-Birkenau, shoe exhibit 2012 Auschwitz-Birkenau; crematoria and barracks Auschwitz railcar and barracks (2012) IL Holocaust Museum and Ed Ctr Skokie, IL IL Holocaust Museum and Ed Ctr, Skokie, IL Private tour of Holocaust museum in IL with survivor, Aaron Elster, 2012 Aaron giving us a private tour at IL Holocaust Museum where his artifacts are part of the permanent exhibit Special private tour with friend and survivor, Aaron Elster, in Skokie, IL, 2012 At IL Holocaust Museum with survivor, Aaron Elster, 2012 Aaron by plaque of the couple who rescued him by allowing him to hide in their attic, 2012 At IL Holocaust Museum w/survivor, Aaron Elster - our own special tour from him, 2012 Terezin Museum and Ghetto, Czech Rep Presenting w/Holocaust Ed colleague, Magda from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, at Terezin, Czech Republic, 2014 Terezin Memorial, Czech Rep Watching live performance of "Brundibar" with a Holocaust survivor from original "Brundibar" at Terezin Memorial, Czech Rep With survivor who was a child in "Brundibar" performances during Holocaust , 2014 Leading presentation for Czech Rep teachers at Terezin Memorial; headphones for translations, 2014 With Naďa from Terezín Memorial education staff, 2014 Facilitating program sessions at Terezin, Czech Republic (held in attic of barracks where "Brundibar" performances took place), 2014 With Petra, Education Director at Terezin Memorial, 2014 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (where Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, starting WWI) 2015 Historic part of Sarajevo - 2015 Old Town Sarajevo at night - so beautiful! 2015 Took a walking tour w/a survivor of the Siege of Sarajevo; walked through the city and up into the hills; one of the cemeteries we passed. Walking tour of Sarajevo; "Roses" still reman on sidewalks from siege (where mortar struck and killed people; later filled in with red paint as reminders / memorials to those who perished during the Siege of Sarajevo) Memorial to the children killed during the siege of Sarajevo; June 2015 Footprints at the Children's Memorial in Sarajevo Mosque in Sarajevo - 2015 Museum exhibition for Srebrenica - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2015 Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina - location of the Educator's Summit - June, 2015 With the Educators' Institute for Human Rights (EIHR) staff who hosted the multi-day Bosnia Summit for Educators - June, 2015 (Jessica, Lisa, and Kate) Presenting "Scandinavia and the Holocaust" at my alma mater (JCRC/ASI Holocaust Educator Training, 2016) JCRC/ASI Holocaust Educator Training: "Scandinavia and the Holocaust", Moorhead, MN 2016 Scandinavia and the Holocaust Conference -Moorhead, MN (JCRC/ASI Holocaust Educator Training, 2016) Conference in MN for pre-service teachers, 2017 With Museum Teacher Fellows who helped to facilitate a workshop in NE, 2018 (During my tenure at USHMM, 2013-18) Univ. College London's Ctr for Holocaust Ed - enjoying a working lunch w/the team before presenting my research project , "Oath and Opposition: Education under the Third Reich", 2018 Imperial War Museum, London 2018 Norway's Resistance Museum at Akershus Fortress, Oslo, Norway - Aug. 2019 Exhibit about teachers at Norway's Resistance Museum, Akershus Fortress, Olso, Norway Exhibit about teachers at Norway's Resistance Museum, Akershus Fortress, Olso, Norway Exhibit about teachers at Norway's Resistance Museum, Akershus Fortress, Olso, Norway Hattie, our rescue pup - March 11, 2017 Happy place. Travel. Nature. Wildlife. Photography, Feb, 2019 On safari; wilderness, wildlife, and photography. My heart is happy! Feb. 2019 On safari! Travel is a passion for my family. Feb. 2019 Vietnam 2019; before the world changed Cave expedition in Vietnam - Aug, 2019 Caving in Vietnam! Our campsite for the night. Aug, 2019 Family holiday in Europe while our daughter studied abroad in Italy for the year; Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland, 2012