Donna deGroot

Donna de Groot has a BA from UNC-Chapel Hill, RN from Asaf Harofe School of Nursing in Israel, BS in Nursing from UNC-Charlotte and a Master of Science degree in Community Health Nursing from USC Columbia. In December 2009 she will complete a Graduate Certificate in Jewish Education from the Baltimore Hebrew Institute of Towson University in Baltimore, MD.
She lived for 11 years in Israel, and for the past 7 years has taught Hebrew and Jewish studies to students in Temple Emanuel’s Religious School in Gastonia, the Consolidated Hebrew High School of Charlotte and at the Charlotte Jewish Day School. For twenty years, Nursing was her "career" and teaching Hebrew was something that she did for fun. She joined the day school staff in 2003 to make her "fun" into a "career". She lives in Charlotte with her husband David and two daughters, Hadas and Tali.

There is a lot to be said for loving what you do.