Christine Haberkorn:  

My life has taken many turns not unlike a condensed version of mapquest.com. Moving from NY to CA in 1966 introduced new people and directions. Married and divorced like many, but emerged with two great kids who are university educated and successful. Grandchildren have arrived and I am always thrilled to indulge them when I can. I never realized how being a grandmother could produce such joy during visits and such pain in separation. My work world began in the 80s after finishing my MFA at the University of California. For a couple years I was a LA mural artist. After moving to Dallas with my family, I began to teach art and humanities at the local colleges and exhibit my black and white photography. For 6 years, I worked as an executive director of an arts council and grantwriter for the arts. I completed my PHD/Humanities under the rubric of Transformative Learning and Change in 2010. In the middle 1990s, I joined a Dallas land development company as general manager and subsequently moved to Vancouver, BC in 2002 as a result of a transfer. I returned to Dallas in 2009 from BC after the company collapsed as a result of the global economic recession. My experience in financial management and strategy development enabled me to land a position with an international social service organization in Dallas. I resigned this position in 2010 when it was determined that my dad's fragile health meant that he could no longer take care of himself. In 201...Expand for more