Gail was the Assistant Principal of Newton North High School until she retired in 1999. She then took a part time consulting job for one year at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School which lasted until June 2020. At CRLS I was the director of the AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program which is a nationwide program whose goal is to help every student enter a four-year college. This program is designed to offer low-income first-generation students extra support to help them and their families learn the skills necessary to be successful in high school and beyond. As part of AVID, parents were offered workshops like those offered by Women Thriving to help them navigate the issues involved in raising adolescents in the United States today. After she retired from full-time work, she volunteered in the Newton English Language Learners and Literacy Program and worked with Chinese women who had recently come to this country. Gail also volunteered with More Than Words, a Boston based program which empowers youth who are in the foster care system, homeless, involved with the courts or otherwise in difficulty to learn life skills by running a business – in this case a bookstore. Gail worked with youth who needed additional support to get their GED, driver’s license, study for the SAT’s etc. Unfortunately, COVID put an end to both endeavors. She volunteers on a weekly basis with the Brookline Food Pantry. She is interested in the work that Women Thriving does in creating opportunities for women facing inequities in their lives and would like to help with and participate in the programming that we provide.