Marino, Patricia J.: - Patricia J. Marino began her current career as a philanthropic consultant as a history teacher in Chicago and ESL teacher in San Francisco, and her passion for history has always informed her perspective in understanding where we are as a global community in the growth of humanity, where we are headed, and what can we do differently to improve the planet for all living beings. This memoir is a marriage of the threads of her life's work. She lives in Oakland, California.