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BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 492 WIDTH="526"><div> <U>Joseph Sguigna</U> </div> <div> <B>Educational Background</B>: </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000008000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">B.A.in philosophy at UCLA </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000008000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">M.A. completed credits in philosophy at CSULA </div> <bR> <div> <B>Profession</B>: </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000008000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">educator....creator, developer and co-owner with Sharon Sguigna of <I>Studies in Meaning</I>, a critical-creative thinking program </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000008000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">former high school teacher of ethics and logic </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000008000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">writer of philosophical-wisdom<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <U>Sharon Sguigna</U> </div> <div> <B>Educational background</B>: </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000008000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">B.A. in English Literature at CSULA </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000008000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">M.A. completed credits in English literature at CSULA </div> <bR> <div> <B>Profession</B>: </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000008000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">educator...co-developer and co-owner of <I>Studies in Meaning </I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000008000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">teacher...10 years as 1st grade bilingual teacher, 6 years as a high school English teacher, 3 years as an ESL at Hot Springs High School in the Hot Springs Unified School district, and currently teaching 3rd grade in the Los Angeles Unified School District.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#founders__professional_backgrounds" TITLE="Founders Professional Backgrounds "><U> Return to top of page</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto:thepublicbenefit@roadrunner.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:thepublicbenefit@roadrunner.com"><U>thepublicbenefit@roadrunner.com</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>