Esther Wojcicki
Journalist and educator
Esther Wojcicki is an American journalist and educator who founded the Media Arts Program at Palo Alto High School in California.
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American Born in New York City, United States
About Esther Wojcicki
Esther Wojcicki was born in 1940 and is an American journalist and educator. She has served as vice chair of the Creative Commons advisory council and has studied education and technology. In 1984 she started the Palo Alto High School Media Arts Program, which began with 19 students and a newspaper first published in 1918. It later grew to more than 600 students and gained a new Media Arts Center. She was named California Teacher of the Year in 2002 and received an honorary doctorate from Palo Alto University in 2013. She is also the mother of Susan and Anne Wojcicki. Her book in our catalog is How to Raise Successful People.