Position: Teacher

Email: kristenm@rockway.ca

Extension: 519.342.0007 3505

Credentials
BA, Honours, English Literature, Peace and Conflict Studies (University of Waterloo), BEd (University of Western Ontario), MA, English Literature (Wilfrid Laurier University), MA, Peace Studies (Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary), Additional Qualifications in Senior English and Honours Specialist in ESL (OISE, University of Toronto)

Personal Information
Kristen has taught students from Grades One and Two (in an inner-city school on the south side of Chicago), to international graduate students (in Elkhart, IN). Prior to joining the Rockway faculty, Kristen worked at the United Nations with Mennonite Central Committee, and with Pax Christi Metro New York. She has also lived in eSwatini  and Malawi, travelled in southern Africa and Europe, co-led Rockway’s 2005 trip to China, and twice took Rockway students to Georgia for the School of Americas Watch protests. Her love of learning about diverse cultures is matched by her love of the written word; her poetry and prose have appeared in a variety of publications. Kristen is a member of Waterloo North Mennonite Church.