Mary Pat Champeau is the director of graduate programs at the Institute for Humane Education in Surry, Maine, and faculty at Antioch University. She holds an MA from New York University and has been in the field of education since 1979 when she began teaching as a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger, West Africa. She has worked in refugee camps in Southeast Asia, taught in community-based programs in NYC, and supervised American culture and language programs for the World Trade Institute.

Mary Pat has served on numerous school and non-profit boards and is a longstanding member of the humane education anti-racism working group. She is honored to be a member of the founding board at KindCore.

WHY KINDCORE? Fun team, important mission, kindness rocks

WHAT GETS MP JAZZED? Slowing down, dinner with friends, the beach with family, the best book on a rainy afternoon

WHAT GIVES HER THE BLUES? Realizing I've been going 100 miles per hour and haven't actually moved...

ASK HER ABOUT: Humane Education, becoming a solutionary, her favorite books