ABSTRACT

Linde Zingaro lives in Vancouver, B.C., where she has led a varied work and academic life since arriving at 17 to go to the Vancouver School of Art. She has been a press operator, a cook, a darkroom technician, the Executive Director of two nonprofi t agencies serving adolescents at risk, and the owner of an art gallery. Since 1985, she has maintained a private counseling and consulting practice, providing direct support to individuals and skills training for staff groups or classes working in community service delivery. She has also traveled extensively in Japan, working with women’s groups and agencies in the expansion of services to vulnerable groups in that country.