Carol grew up in Winnipeg, where she earned a degree in Social Work and later, after moving to Vancouver in 1979, studied at BCIT and earned a degree in Human Resource Management.
While living in Vancouver she worked for several large corporations and local government in the areas of accounting, law, human resources and communications.From 1995 - 2005 Carol taught part-time at BC Institute of Technology. Her courses included Scanning/Colour Correction, PhotoShop, Illustrator and InDesign. In addition, she worked extensively with the FAS/E Support Network of BC doing research, writing, graphic design work, spoke at conferences and taught seminars on this topic.Carol moved to Gabriola Island in 2000. She has worked with Islands Trust, the Arts Council, and the local newspaper (Gabriola Sounder). She has desktop published a book for a local book publishing company, does private tutoring and services a small client base who she designs print material for. She secured a position instructing on-line courses for VIU five years ago and currently instructs in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign, Design Concepts, and Portfolio Prep. For fun she likes to bicycle and can proudly say she has covered every road on Gabriola in this fashion. Hiking and kayaking, attending concerts and plays are also high on her list of ways to spend her spare time.Carol was a Director for the Gabriola Chamber for three years prior to taking on the position of Manager.
