Jennifer Hartley
Jennifer spent four years in Iran, where she learned Persian and had her first child. For the past 12 years she has primarily worked as a team/project leader and as a teacher (K-12 and adult), including teaching English to non-native speakers from North Africa, East Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. She has also worked as a Program Coordinator for an exchange/homestay program, facilitating high school students from Japan, Germany, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and Argentina. In addition to her time in Iran, Jennifer has spent three months or more in West Africa, England, and Turkey. Her hobbies include cooking, watching Iranian films, DIY projects, and photographing her 5-year-old daughter, Elena Jaleh. Jennifer grew up in San Diego and received her degree in Political Science from University of California at Davis. She feels privileged to work for Pathways as Director of Communications.
Feb 082010
Inside one of my Christmas cards it read, “peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you” and I thought; am I a peace-giver, a peace-leaver? When I leave a home, a store, a restaurant, a meeting, have I left peace, or have I instead decided to leave my selfishness, my annoyance, my insistence on getting my own way? When I speak with someone who has hurt me, do I sow seeds of reconciliation, or am I more interested in having the last word, proving my point, being right? I want to be a peace-giver, a peace-bringer, a peace-sower, a peace-leaver – and one who also speaks truth into confusing situations. I”ll let you know how that goes.
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