Therese Cauchon:  

Tell us what you do: I am RETIRED(!) since July 2014 from my last "gig," which was teaching functional living skills in an Adult Transition Program for 18 to 22 year old adults who have moderate to severe intellectual / learning / (behavioral) disabilities on a public high school campus in Elk Grove (near Sacramento), CA. I also worked as an Adoptions Social Worker, and a VISTA Volunteer (Volunteers in Service to America). Tell us about your family: Besides my school learning community (I continue to substitute teach ~1 day/week), and fellow politically progressive activists, I have a 28 year old son, Rasik Cauchon-Desai, who is making his own contributions to making the world a better place. I am close with my family and extended family. Tell us where you have been: I have lived and studied in Quebec, Canada, and Guadalajara, Mexico; worked in Germany, and on an Israeli Kibbutz; traveled in Europe, Africa, Mexico, and some of the United States. Tell us what you do in your spare time (hobbies, interests, volunteer work): In my spare time, I work to ...Expand for more