A decade building inquiry-based science curriculum in Texas. AP Biology, Aquatic Science, Environmental Systems. B.S. Aquatic Science, University of Texas 1995. The foundation of a career that would span five countries.

Peter and Gwen made a deliberate choice together: give their daughters Heidi and Annika a worldly experience. Pack up Austin. Go international. Married 26+ years and still teaching side by side.

Berlin → Budapest → Leipzig → Jakarta → Berlin → Hefei. A lifelong passion for making — home renovation, car restoration — found its professional home in Design Technology. Built entire G6–G9 MYP curriculum from zero at CIS Hefei. Doubled the lab. Built the glass enclosure.

I believe learning happens when students make things. Every project begins with a question — students investigate like scientists, prototype like engineers, fail, and rebuild. From woodshop benches and science labs to the robotics arena, inquiry drives the process and the design cycle is the pedagogy. The thing they build with their hands proves they understand.

Both started teaching in 1997 — same year, same city. Gwen built expertise in geography education over 13 years in Austin, earning her Masters degree. Place-based, systems-thinking pedagogy that she still practices today, five countries later.

For a geography teacher, living across five countries isn't just a career choice — it's the curriculum. Every city became a field study. Every country a living case study. Berlin (twice), Budapest, Leipzig, Jakarta, Hefei.

While Peter taught at AISB, Gwen was active in coaching and the International Women's Association — building community leadership in Central Europe while the family settled in Hungary. The Danube, the bridges, exploring neighboring villages and hiking trails — geography lived rather than taught.

"Every place has a story. My job is to give students the language to read it — the landforms, the climate, the human decisions layered on top of each other over centuries." IB Diploma, IGCSE, and MYP Geography across five countries and 25+ years.