Brigitte Zeplien - Born 01/15/1950 in Lützen, near Leipzig (Germany, former GDR) - Married for 45 years, two sons, two grandchildren - Retired school principal She spent her youth and childhood in the metropolis of Leipzig. After completing her degree in German and English Education in Berlin, love and marriage to a farmer brought her to Northern Germany, where she taught English and German at a rural school near Rostock. She then led the school as principal for 23 years following Germany's reunification in 1989 (the fall of the Berlin Wall). The experiences she had teaching in and visiting schools in London, Milwaukee, Sacramento, and Baton Rouge allowed her to bring new concepts in instructing classes to her own school. At the end of his last year in school, one of her sons was diagnosed with a brain tumor.