Judy Seppanen: Farm girl now expert on city issues

Judy Seppanen Davis lives in The Dalles, Oregon.
She writes:
I have lived near the Columbia River since 1970. First in Portland, where I moved to get a Master in the Arts of Teaching degree at Reed College. Alas, there were few teaching jobs--especially in math with no coaching ability--when I finished. I did teach at a Catholic grade
school, at a middle school, and later I taught statistics to graduate students.
I married Rick Davis. I met him at Reed. We moved to Longview, Washington, then to Hermiston, Oregon, then back to Portland, and in 2001 to our retirement home in the Columbia River Gorge.
We have two children. Our son and daughter-in-law live in Seattle and our daughter is in New York City.
Once our children were in school full time, I went back to school, and got a Ph.D. in Urban Studies. A good fit for a Minnesota farm girl?
I did research on transportation and land use issue at Portland State University and for Parsons Brinckerhoff, an international transportation engineering and planning firm. In retirement I am serving on the Gorge Commission, the land use planning agency for the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
Judy Seppanen