BIOGRAPHY:

Kathy and her husband, Living Treasure John Broesamle, have lived in the Ojai Valley for nearly 35 years. Kathy retired from the Ojai Unified School District after a rewarding career as a speech therapist.

Kathy's passions center around music education and the environment.

Kathy has volunteered for nearly 13 years with Education Through Music and with the Ojai Music Festival's BRAVO! program. In 2008 she began volunteering at Noah's Ark Preschool and Topa Topa Elementary School, and San Antonio Elementary School, to ensure that preschool and primary grade students received the Education Through Music curriculum.

For the environment, Kathy served as volunteer event coordinator for the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy (OVLC)for more than a decade including Moonlight on the Meadow fundraiser. She has also played a pivotal role in OVLC land acquisitions, the Ojai Valley Defense Fund to ensure the environmental challeges in the Valley are met, and SOAR campaigns to protect farmland and open space. She also serves as conservation writer for the local chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution.