Kathy Minaert has been affiliated with Granite State College since 1993. She has taught at several sites including Portsmouth, Rochester, Manchester and Bow. She has also served as faculty for UNH for several years.

Kathy has always had an avid interest in many areas Human Services. She has worked directly with youth, assumed supervisory and leadership positions related to serving New Hampshire’s communities, youth and families, and has created programming statewide for New Hampshire’s youth and families in the areas of Juvenile Justice and of Child Abuse & Neglect.

Kathy brings a wealth of knowledge and experience as well as a good sense of humor to her classes.

Kathy is very enthusiastic about working exclusively with adult learners. She knows adults bring life skills and life experience to the classroom that cannot be duplicated by education alone. She believes adults with life experience and education can truly bring new life into old systems and introduce sustained change.

Kathy graduated from Springfield College with a MS in Human Services in addition to a BS in Human Services.

For more information about this course, contact Kathy at: kminaert@tds.net.