Martha Ellen Gioia

Background

Gioia, Martha Ellen was born on September 12, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of John B. and Rebecca B. (Hancock) Gioia.

Education

Bachelor in English, Trenton (New Jersey) State College, 1979; Master of Arts in Counselor Education, San Jose (California) State University, 1992.

Career

Teacher, Monroe Township H.S., Jamestown, New Jersey, 1980; researcher for development, Santa Catalina School, Monterey, California, 1983-1985; teacher, San Benito H.S., Hollister, California, since 1985; English department chairperson, San Benito H.S., Hollister, since 1995. Board directors Control California Council of Teachers of English, 1995.

Achievements

• Martha Ellen Gioia has been listed as a noteworthy Secondary educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, knitting, painting, reading, writing.

Connections

Married John T. Burke, September 7, 1965 (divorced January 1992). Children: Deborah A., James P. Married Harold N. Allen, July 10, 1993.

Father:

John B. Gioia

Mother:

Rebecca B. (Hancock) Gioia

Spouse:

Harold N. Allen

Spouse:

John T. Burke

child:

James P. Gioia

child:

Deborah A. Gioia