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Kathy Shenkin Seal was born in Philadelphia and attended Lower Merion High School (many years before Kobe Bryant, but some years after Alexander Haig.) Kathy went to Barnard College, where she graduated magna cum laude with a major in classics and comparative literature. She now lives in Santa Monica where she works as a journalist, author, and editor. Her latest book, Pressured Parents, Stressed out Kids:Dealing with Competition While Raising a Successful Child , (Prometheus Books)came out in 2008. It's coauthored with Clark University psychologist Wendy Grolnick.
Kathy is also writing a memoir that begins with the building takeovers at Columbia in 1968. In her spare time she works with the Sierra Club and FLIP (Friends for a Livable Planet), a grassroots group trying to help slow down global warming. She has two sons. Zach (31)is an urban planner living in Oakland. Jeff(26), a graduate of San Francisco's Clown Conservatory, performs physical theater in New York City. Her husband Jim is a transportation consultant and an all-around nice guy. He has a 1941 Cadillac coupe, its color a beautiful teal.