Esther Wojcicki

Esther Wojcicki is an American journalist, educator, and member of the Creative Commons board of directors.cite web|url=http://creativecommons.org/press-releases/entry/8469|title=Education Innovator Esther Wojcicki Joins Creative Commons Board|last=Hwang|first=Tim|date=2008-07-10|publisher=Creative Commons|accessdate=2008-07-23] cite web|url=http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Advisory/Wojcicki|title=Curriki - Wojcicki|accessdate=2008-07-23] Wojcicki has been a pioneer in exploring the interface between education and technology.

Education and career

Esther Wojcicki was valedictorian of her high school class,cite web|url=http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/news/1998_Apr_29.PEOPLE29.html|title=People: Esther Wojcicki: Carrying the torch for free speech |last=Lorenz|first=Elizabeth|date=1998-04-29|publisher=Palo Alto Online|accessdate=2008-07-23] and graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in English and Political Science. She received a secondary teaching credential from UC Berkeley, as well as a graduate degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Berkeley. She has an advanced degree in French and French History from the Sorbonne, and both a Secondary School Administrative Credential and a M.A. in Educational Technology from San Jose State University.

Esther Wojcicki has taught at Palo Alto High School since 1987, where she currently teaches journalism and english. There she began the journalism program which has grown to become one of the largest in the nation.cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-wojcicki#|title=Esther Wojcicki|publisher=HuffingtonPost.com, Inc|accessdate=2008-07-23] She has worked as a professional journalist for multiple publications and blogs regularly for The Huffington Post.

Esther was the 1990 Northern California Journalism teacher of the year, and was selected as the California Teacher of the Year in 2002 by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. She served on the University of California Office of the President Curriculum Committee where she helped revise the beginning and advanced journalism curriculum for the state of California.

Family

Esther is the oldest of three children, and was the first in her family to attend college. Her parents were Russian immigrants who came to New York City in the 1930s. Her family moved to Southern California after she was born.

Her husband is Stanford University professor of physics Stanley Wojcicki. They have three daughters, Susan, Janet and Anne, and four grandchildren.

References

External links

* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-wojcicki/ Esther Wojcicki's blog at The Huffington Post]