I love to work with teachers. You are all such a dedicated group of individuals. People who pass up fame and fortune to work with children (of all ages) rate high on my list of those who are the true salt of the earth.

Email: MARYMICHE@JPS.NET

Professional Experience: 40 years in education; have worked in over 40 elementary schools

Personal Experience: Single until age 40; married at 40, had a child at age 41

Scholarly Interests: The influence of music on learning and the transference of the neurobiological streamlining to other subject areas

Publications: Weaving Music into Young inds, Cengage Learning, 2002

Recommended Reading: After the Ecstasy the Laundry, by Jack Kornfield

Favorite Music: Mozart Requiem

Home Church: Quaker Meeting

Family Info: Married to a great husband who cooks. I have one fabulous son.

Favorite Bible Verse: With what measure you measure will be measured back to you.

What Matters: Kindness

Pet Peeves: negative thinking (people who say yes, but,I can't possibly...)

Web/Blog URL: www.marymiche.com

Subject Expertise: Music - Teacher education and training

Education: BA Music, UC Santa Cruz; MS Education, CS East Bay; MS Theological Studies, Berkeley

Home town: Lakeport, CA

What I Like About FPU: connection with spirituality and learning

Significant Influence: My time at Pendle Hill, a Quaker Study Center