Elizabeth Kucinich
Elizabeth Kucinich | |
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| Born | October 22, 1977 |
| Spouse | Dennis Kucinich (2005 - present) |
Elizabeth Jane (Harper) Kucinich (born October 22, 1977 in North Ockendon, London) is the wife of Dennis Kucinich. They married on August 21, 2005.
Background
Elizabeth originates from North Ockendon in London, United Kingdom. In 1996 she went to Agra, India to volunteer at one of Mother Teresa's homes for India's poorest children.[1] Upon earning her bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Kent, she spent 16 months in a rural Tanzanian village and worked as an advocate for regional development.[1]
After leaving Tanzania, she volunteered with a British Red Cross refugee unit; earned a certificate in Peace Studies from Coventry University; and got a job as a fund-raiser for a seafarer's charity in London.[1] Her volunteer work often brought her to the House of Lords.[1] At that time she heard financial analyst Stephen Zarlenga speak about monetary reform. She was impressed and soon was hired to become Zarlenga's assistant at the Chicago-based American Monetary Institute.[1] That work took her and Zarlenga to Dennis Kucinich's office.[1]
She married Dennis Kucinich in 2005, in Congressman Kucinich's hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.
Education
For high school, she attended Coopers' Company and Coborn School located in Upminster, Essex, from 1989 to 1996.
She attended the University of Kent at Canterbury in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2001 and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Religious Studies and Theology and a Master's degree in International Conflict Analysis. Her thesis for her Master's was on "Conflict Resolution in World Politics".
Trivia
If Dennis Kucinich is elected as President, Elizabeth would also be the first First Lady with a tongue piercing (which she got after meeting someone in India with one while doing volunteer work when she was 20).