Kate Brack

Writer

Kate joined findingDulcinea in October 2010. After receiving a B.A. in English literature from Portland State University, she went on to get a TESOL certificate to teach English abroad. She taught English in Toyko, Japan and Prague, Czech Republic. While in Prague, she was Events Editor for Prague TV, an expatriate city guide, and has continued to work as a copy editor and writer.

Most Recent Articles by Kate Brack

  • Anne Bonny, Famed Female Pirate
    Anne Bonny was an Irish-American female pirate of the 18th century. A crewmember of the ship captained by “Calico Jack” Rackham, Bonny was known as a fierce and relentless fighter.
  • Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese Pro-Democracy Icon and Noble Peace Laureate
    Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the pro-democracy opposition leader of Myanmar, has spent much of the last two decades in detention, but she has remained an unwavering voice for the people of her country.
  • Aldous Huxley, Essayist and Author of “Brave New World”
    Aldous Huxley was a writer, critic and intellectual known for his utopian novel “Brave New World” and his essays on a wide range of topics including government, religion, philosophy and psychedelic drugs.
  • James Baldwin, Writer and Civil Rights Activist
    James Baldwin was an American human rights activist and author, that was best known for his social commentary on race and sexuality in the 1950s and ‘60s.
  • Jane Goodall, Anthropologist and Ethologist
    Jane Goodall’s work as a primatologist laid the groundwork for how primates, namely chimpanzees, are studied. Goodall’s lack of formal training in the beginning of her career helped her to record what she experienced among the chimps on a truly organic level.