Anita CukierAnita Cukier was born in Poland. She spent her childhood and received her early education under communist rule in what was then the Polish People's Republic. Anita left Poland for Australia in 1961. She attended Mac Robertson Girls High School in Melourne, then went on to Toorak Teachers College. She worked as a primary school teacher until moving to the United States in 1969 with her husband, Aron. She received a B.S. degree in Education from Brooklyn College, and holds a Master's in Liberal Education from Lake Forest College. She worked towards a Ph.D. in Polish literature at the University of Illinois, Chicago, with some courses at Northwestern University. She lives in Lake Forest, Illinois, a small town north of Chicago. She is married, has three children and nine grandchildren. Read More Read Less