CURRENT MISSION

Spread the love of language and culture throughout the world!

ABOUT ME

Lover of language, fine arts, reading, learning, and teaching. I go by tne nickname "Sally," which is the traditional English nickname for Sarah. Benjamin Franklin's daughter was named Sarah but all his letters to her start, "Dear Sally."

Joined CS in 2010 - had dozens of guest between 2010 -2015, then our son was disabled and came home to live with us, so few/no guests lately. https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/2109664/profile/legacy

PHILOSOPHY

To learn and grow and give my all to my family, my work, and my community.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like making experiences for others to enjoy and appreciate.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My husband, Larry, and I have hosted dozens of couch surfers and only couch surfed twice. We have met lots of interesting, nice people through Couchsurfing.

Interests

Multilingual, multicultural everything.

• arts
• culture
• humanities
• performing arts
• design
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Classical, rock 'n' roll, Broadway show tunes, and jazz music. Historical movies, books, and a few TV shows. I'm an infomaniac and listen to the news and other informational programs through various sources every day!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sorry, I'm too old to limit it to one thing.

Living in France during my junior in college in 1976.

Marrying the love of my life, Larry Fox, in 1982 and giving birth to our beautiful son, Alan, in 1984.

Traveling to China with fellow educators in 2010.

Seeing my son perform on the guitar and bass in his own bands, playing music they created!

Taking care of my parents' financial and medical needs until they passed away in 2013 and 2014. They developed dementia but never forgot who I was.

Retired in 2018 from the San Diego County Office of Education. Spent 8 months as a resident immersion consultant in Japan. Taught at San Diego State University as an adjunct professor 2020-2022. Now working part-time as an education policy analyst for the California Association for Bilingual Education (2022 to present).

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a certified trainer for Project GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) and for Advanced SDAIE (Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English now known as "integrated English language development"). I have co-authored curriculum related to language acquisition and approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing and the California Dept of Ed.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A helping hand and/or a listening ear, cooking, teaching ideas, laughter.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Martinique, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Japan, Mexico, United States

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