Tom with a M.S. in Education and Doris with a M.A. in Counseling Psychology are career educators—he at the elementary and community college level, she throughout the K-12 and adult education spectrum. When illness forced Tom to leave his position as an elementary school principal he took up the therapeutic art of welding.  He now coordinates the Welding Technology Program at a community college in Northern California where he teaches Welding as an art form and profession and Technical Mathematics.

When Andrea died, Doris chose to leave her classroom assignment. She is now a Teacher on Special Assignment with the local school district encouraging and guiding teachers in Character Education as well as in the prevention of bullying behavior among students. 

Doris and Andrea’s Voice Foundation is collaborating with a phenomenal group of women who call themselves the North Bay Coalition for Healthy Kids.  They want nothing less than to change the way the world looks at “body” and health and to promote unconditional positive self-regard.  She is excited about the recent release of her book, Andrea's Voice ... Silenced by Bulimia: Her Story and Her Mother's Journey Through Grief Toward Understanding by Gürze Books.