ED CHIOSSO: After four years in St. Joe's, I left and went onto USF for a degree in Psychology and then to University of Minnesota for a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology. In between, I worked at San Mateo Outdoor Education with Buz Meisel (some will recognize the name as a fellow classmate).

I married Kristina Nystrom, a teacher (who attended the Outdoor Ed). We've been married for 32 years and have one daughter, Megan. Megan is 25 and working at Explorit in Davis as a Science Educator.

Both Kris and I recently retired. I spent 31 years at the San Mateo County Office of Education doing a variety of jobs; most recently writing and publishing books for students and parents. We just moved to Lincoln -- a Del Webb Retirement Community near Roseville. This is the next new adventure. The trick about retirement so far is learning not to retire.   -9/22/08