Penelope Fox

Penelope Fox is an academic. Her classrooms range from preschools through universities, in northern and southern California, Ecuador and Mexico. She served as a speech therapist in the Peace Corps (Malaysia) in the 1970s. There, she witnessed the exodus of the Vietnamese, an inspiration for her thesis, “Rocking the Boat People.” Her research predicted that Vietnamese students would impact universities by the 1980s, the only first-generation immigrants to do so. She has published news and magazine articles, poetry, and children’s songs. She listens to classic rock and blues, and like many former flower children, supports causes generated by the 1960s. Her home is in the San Diego foothills.