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Elizabeth completed her under graduate education in Communications, Public Relations and Counseling Psychology at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, and did her graduate work at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. She has worked in the areas of mental health, education, social work and counseling, in clinics, hospitals, public schools, and in the Department of Social Services (DHS) as a child abuse investigator dealing with trauma and sexual abuse cases of children and the elderly.
When her husband accepted a call to serve the Plymouth Congregational Church in Des Moines, Iowa, Elizabeth was appointed Executive Director for Latino Affairs for the State of Iowa by then Governor Vilsack. When she and her husband moved to the Twin Cities of Minnesota, she worked in the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration, doing case management and counseling with immigrants, guiding them through the immigration court process and coordinating needed services.
Elizabeth came to Cincinnati in the spring of 2016 when her husband became the Minister at Cincinnati Friends Meeting (Indian Hill), Ohio. Currently Elizabeth is a Parent Educator and Counselor primarily for Hispanic families. In brief, she says, “My life goal is to live a meaningful and purposeful life serving those who are living on the fringes of society…the persons that our society has labeled as “expendable” or “untouchable.”
Elizabeth is the author of one book, A Migrant With Hope, (Broadman Press) and the editor of two other books, A Philosopher’s Way(Broadman Press) and Between Peril and Promise(Thomas Nelson Publishers) She is featured in two book anthologies, Immigrant Women, American Culture: An Anthology of Civilization Texts, and A Certain Kind of Perfection: An Anthology of Quaker Writers. In 2002 she was awarded the Passport to Prosperity Award from the Iowa Council for International Understanding.
Elizabeth and Jim have one daughter, Alicia Marie Clark who lives near Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband, David. For relaxation she likes to play golf and spend time at her home, Newbeginnings, on the coast of North Carolina.