Introducing Bridget

Hi! My name is Bridget and I thought I should tell you a bit about myself.  Here goes…

I was born in Spokane, Washington a LONG time ago 😉! I have a really, really big extended family. I have 54 first cousins! Can you believe it? In my free time, I like to read and garden and make things and travel! 

I graduated from Gonzaga University with a B.A. in French Literature. I also have two M.A.s -- one in International Politics and one in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). I have lived and traveled in many different countries including Ireland, England, France, Spain, Uganda, Ecuador, and Japan. I have been teaching English for more than 30 years! Wow! My first English teaching job was in Kumamoto, Japan, and later I taught at MWU for two years. I loved it there!

My husband, James, is also an English teacher. He teaches at Gonzaga University. He’s a musician, too! He plays flutes and whistles and uilleann pipes for a band called Floating Crowbar. He is British, but he sounds really American now.

We have three great kids and all of them live outside of the United States right now: Ceilan (pronounced ‘keelin’) works in the library at the University of Leeds in England; Zeke is a software developer and lives in London; and Fionn (pronounced ‘fin’) works at Refugee Community Kitchen in Calais, France, where he cooks meals for refugees who are running away from danger in their home countries. 

I am really looking forward to a great semester at Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute! 

I'm happy to meet you!