Monique Mayer:
CLASS OF 1979
Cupertino High SchoolClass of 1979
Cupertino, CA
Hyde Junior High SchoolClass of 1975
Cupertino, CA
Collins Junior High SchoolClass of 1975
Cupertino, CA
Arch Wilson SchoolClass of 1973
Cupertino, CA
Sedgwick Elementary SchoolClass of 1973
Cupertino, CA
Monique's Story
Life
I've had a pretty eclectic life. After graduating from Cupertino HS, I started university at UC San Diego but, longing for an East-Coast life, eventually moved to Boston and graduated from Boston University. I worked a few years, first as office assistant and ultimately as a manager at the Museum of Science in Boston where I realized I was meant to be teacher. I got my Master of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Ed and taught middle-school science for 7 years in Massachusetts and Texas, with a 4-year break in the middle as a science textbook editor. I am happily married to my wonderful Irish hubby Nigel (we were "fixed up" in Texas), and currently commuting back and forth between the Welsh Countryside and Bristol, where I serve as Rabbi. We have at our home...Expand for more
: 2 cows, 1 pig, 5 geese, 3 rabbits, 4 dogs, 2 ducks, 20 hens, and 10 roosters! I think people who knew me back in high school would be very surprised that my work is very community and leadership-oriented. I was very shy and bookish in high school--the bookish part hasn't changed, but I'm much more social and enjoy getting other people involved in activities.
College
I received my Bachelor of Arts from Boston University in Political Science, my Master of Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education, a second Bachelor of Arts from Leo Baeck College, and finished the MA programme at Leo Baeck College. I was ordained as a Rabbi by Leo Baeck College in 2009.
Work
From August 2012, I serve as Rabbi of the Bristol & West Progressive Jewish Congregation in the UK.
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