I come from a family of educators.  My mother was a third grade teacher and, later, a Mentor Teacher charged with instructing other teachers in the use of technology in the classroom.  My father started out as a high school English and math teacher before moving into administration and retiring as the school district’s Director of Information Technology.  My sister is a tenured professor at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley.  Her work focuses on how technology, organizational practice and people are intertwined.