Cindy Kleiman:
CLASS OF 1976
Sir Winston Churchill High SchoolClass of 1976
St. catharines, ON
York University - Graduate SchoolClass of 1998
Toronto, ON
Carleton University - JournalismClass of 1985
Ottawa, ON
Merritton High SchoolClass of 1977
St. catharines, ON
Cindy's Story
After graduating from Sir Winston and Merritton, I wasted some time in nursing school (noble career but what a huge mistake for me!!!), then went to Carleton University for my bachelors in journalism. 12 years later I went to York U for my M.A. in Political Science (international political economy with a graduate diploma in security studies -- military-type stuff). I am now a Foreign Service Officer when in Canada and a diplomat when overseas. I returned to Ottawa in the summer of 2007 from a 3-year posting to Accra, Ghana. I adopted a baby in Ghana, named Eric Seth Kwame Kleiman (the name is bigger than the boy). As of December 2010, he is 4-and-a-half years-old and a wonder who gives me a real run for my money. Guess I'm something of a late bloomer. In Foreign Affairs we chan...Expand for more
ge jobs every 2-3 years, so I now work in the Middle East Division as Senior Policy Advisor, Israel and the UN. I'm singlehandedly bringing peace to the Middle East, ha ha! I joined the Foreign Service in 2000, after years of working as a reporter in Toronto, because I wanted to travel for a living. It's great travelling for work but with a little guy at home I also hate being away from him. And then there are days like those I spent in my hotel in Pakistan when I wanted to go out shopping but there were local news reports saying that according to intelligence sources, 2 suicide bombers had entered the city and since they target places where foreigners go, I ended up hanging out at my lovely and very secure hotel, thinking about how I'd rather be home with my son. C'est la vie!
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