Background
Bouvier, Virginia Marie was born on November 9, 1958 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Edouard Simon Pierre and Jane Marguerite (Mansfield) Bouvier.
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Bouvier, Virginia Marie was born on November 9, 1958 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Edouard Simon Pierre and Jane Marguerite (Mansfield) Bouvier.
Bachelor in Latin American Studies, Wellesley College, 1980; Master of Arts in Spanish, University of Southern California, 1984; Doctor of Philosophy in Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1995.
Senior associate, Washington Office on Latin American, 1982-1989; graduate student instructor departments history, ethnic studies, development studies, Native American studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1992-1993; editor, intern, The Emma Goldman Papers, Berkeley, 1994-1995; assistant professor department Spanish and Portuguese, U. Maryland., College Pk., since 1995. Consultant Christian Science Fund, Freestone, California, 1986, Arca Foundation, Washington, 1986, Levi Strauss & Company, Levi Strauss Foundation, San Francisco, 1992-1993, World Bank, Washington, 1997.
Member, treasurer, president local chapter Amnesty International, Wellesley, Massachusetts, Columbia South Carolina. and Washington, since 1978. Consultant, member educational advisory board Culture for Peace Project, Mayor' General’ s Office, San Francisco, 1994. Member Oxfam, since 1996.
Founder Center for Young Children Foreign Language Development Committee, 1997. Member Modern Language Association, American History Association, Latin American Studies Association, Conference on Latin American History, Coordinating Council for Women in History, Association for Documentary Editing.
Married James Nathaniel Lyons, October 7, 1989. 1 child, Maya Alexandra Bouvier-Lyons.