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Director of the Safe Routes to Schools program at Feet First (www.feetfirst.info), a small advocacy organization in Seattle that promotes walking by encouraging developers, communities groups and government agencies throughout Puget Sound and Washington state to design and maintain walkable cities and neighborhoods. The Safe Routes to Schools program helps schools develop walking maps and establish walking school buses in which children walk to school as a group.
Walking, of course, and biking daily from her home in Seattle's Mount Baker neighborhood to her office in Pioneer Square.
Pedestrian advocacy is an environmental, educational, and public health issue. My work goal is to make walking to school safer and easier for children.. Walking and cycling to school used to be the norm for children, but changes in our cities and habits have brought about a big change in norms. Kids now are bused and driven in greater numbers, corresponding to traffic and air quality issues, as well as, lower fitness levels for our younger generations.
"I had been working in adult literacy programs, and became interested in prevention, in that case, educational efforts that could help prevent adult illiteracy. From childhood, I was interested in school-based counseling for emotionally at-risk students, and these two interests fit together well. In researching school and degree options, I began to visualize myself in a support role on a school staff. I chose the UW School of Social Work because of its strong reputation – plus, it was almost literally in my backyard."
It's hard to compare anything to the adventure of parenting, but my current job is a very close second. I feel like I haven't learned and grown personally in these past five years more intensely than at any period of my life. It's a wonderful feeling to get into your stride professionally, and be able to incorporate lessons from school and life into what you do with your work time."
"Your measure of success should be how deeply you feel a connection to what you are learning, and how well you can visualize a connection to what you will do."
Photo by Anne Broache