1. Name: Adriana Morris Born: a tiny town in south-eastern Poland Experienced pre- and post- communist Poland BEFORE 1998 / BEFORE MOVING to USA My high school

2. BEFORE 1998 / BEFORE MOVING to USA High-school: Exchange student in Alabama, 1 year Transformational experience Many FIRSTS… Became a protestant for 1 yr

3. BEFORE 1998 / BEFORE MOVING to USA M.A. in Applied Linguistics (French and English) University of Warsaw, Poland Worked as language teacher, translator and interpreter 90% of Warsaw destroyed in World War II Old Town Warsaw today

4. BEFORE 1998 / BEFORE MOVING to USA Lived and studied business and languages in Nancy, France 1 yr Au-pair to a 6-yr old boy Traveled extensively (France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Balkans, England, Austria, Switzerland, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, ex-Yougoslavia…)

5. AFTER 1998 / AFTER MOVING to USA FAMILY Husband Tom History teacher Sam 10 Jack 4 Ben 7 Became US citizen 2004 14 year career in pharmaceutical consulting/market research MBA/ Temple

6. HOBBIES & INTERESTS X Outdoors (camping, biking, hiking, kayaking, gardening…) English, French, Polish, Russian, German Foreign Movies