SAMPLE CULTURAL BIOS:

Sample Bio 1: white, a proud Canadian and a woman who is married to her partner of the same gender. She lives with a (mostly) invisible disability and is an athlete, an engineer and a coach. She was raised in a highly educated, middle-income family. A university education was assumed. She was raised by a Jewish mother and Christian father; arguments (“discussions”) were the way to learn. Vancouver Island is her adopted home, and she is an avid fan and advocate for this corner of the world.

Sample Bio 2: woman; mother; White girl from the projects who raised her daughters in the middle class; first in family to earn Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees; upstate New Yorker/US American, multilingual, expatriate returnee (has lived in 5 countries as an adult); dance enthusiast; business owner; coach educator; somatic coach; and former Unitarian Universalist lay minister.

Sample Bio 3: Black, American, Gay, Male; working-class, Baptist parents; second in his generation to earn Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees, and the first to be awarded a Doctoral Degree; worked in corporate for over 25 years; has a non-visible disability; and a former jazz musician who enjoys theater, college football, and touring historical homes.