Kathleen Smith:  

Kathleen is from Hayward, California. She is married with Benjamin Smith. Her schools include Sunset High School. She later attended California State University, Chico (Psychology). Music Kathleen likes includes Jason Mraz. TV shows she likes include Joe and Buzz (the web show), The Colbert Report, Conan O'Brien Presents: Team Coco. More about Kathleen:"Just trying to be the change. I have six kids. PJ and Joey are 22. Both of them moved away, one to So Cal, and one to SF Bay Area, and both are back now, and working toward nursing school, and eventually med school. Sari, 19 was studying in Germany last year. I'm so glad she's home I missed her so much! The other three, Sydney 16(different last name, since she's adopted and prefers to keep the one she's used to- although that doesn't stop me from yelling, "Sydney Smith!" when I'm mad), Evie 15, and Sean 14 are homeschooled. I'm back at school. I'm a psychology major at Chico State. I'll be there a long while, since I have to go for my masters to become a therapist. I feel like I should add why. Ben and I have had a lot of kids through our household, some have lived with us, some have schooled with us, and I've been full-time taking care of them, but of course a good parent will work their way out of a job. One morning during our regular coffee time, I was talking to Ben about my assumption that we would adopt more kids out of foster care. His response was so funny. He said, "Some day I want to be done. Some day I want to put something down." And at that point he firmly set his cup down to illustrate, "And have it still be there when I get back." So then I had to think about what my next life stage would entail. I still wanted to do some good, and I can't even imagine not trying to make things better for kids. It wasn't too long that I realized I should go back to school to get my therapy license, so I can work with troubled teens during the da...Expand for more