Josie

“I believe childhood is a journey, not a race, and that we should treat others with kindness. The six years we have spent at PSCS have been a gift and an inspiration.  I worked on the PSCS board because I wanted to give something back to the school that gave my family so much.”

Josie was born in Kansas,“the child of two people who were a little too young to be part of the hippie generation.” She grew up in an old farmhouse with no plumbing or central heat, which was where she discovered her love of reading. As an act of teenage adventure, at eighteen she took a road trip to Alaska with friends to take a summer job in a salmon cannery. She moved to Seattle later that year, and has lived here ever since.

Josie’s been fortunate enough to travel to Thailand, Ireland, Mexico, and Canada, for personal and professional development. She reads two or three books a month (either print or audio), enjoys yoga, watching historical dramas, science fiction (and a little reality TV now and then). An excellent cook and baker, Josie’s taken classes on decorating cakes, making jam and cheese, and glassblowing. Her four-year old cat,  occasionally likes to snuggle, but spends most of his time watching birds and bunnies in the yard.

Josie’s been a nanny, a kindergarten teacher at Seattle Hebrew Academy, and a First grade teacher at Kapka Cooperative School. For the past eleven years she taught literacy for first and second grade students at University Cooperative School. Today, Josie is a counselor starting her own practice.

Josie’s son, Oscar, started at PSCS in 6th grade and graduated in 2022. He currently attends Seattle Pacific University.