Stepping into Fountains

Stepping into Fountains is a young woman's odyssey to South America, Appalachia, Mexico, Berkeley and beyond to learn about life outside of small-town America in the 1970s.

Stepping into Fountains is a young woman's odyssey to South America, Appalachia, Mexico, Berkeley and beyond to learn about life outside of sheltered, small-town America in the 1970s. It recounts in colorful detail an unforgettable experience working with impoverished children from Colombia's slums; a summer working in a children's home in Appalachia; a road trip in a '53 Chevy from Kansas to California; selling cookies on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley; traveling north from Panama City to the United States by local bus; and three months traveling alone throughout Mexico. She wasn't in Kansas anymore. This odyssey begins in the summer of 1972 and ends in the fall of 1976.

Kathy likes to hike, cycle, kayak, travel and read. She lives in Huntington Beach, California with her husband of 34 years and their Rhodesian ridgeback. They have two boys, two lovely daughters-in-law and one darling two-year-old granddaughter. Kathy has self-published thirty-seven easy-to-use workbooks to help Spanish-speaking teens and adults learn English. Her undergraduate degree is from the University of Kansas and her graduate degree is from the University of California at Los Angeles.