Biography

The Lavine Family



Hi! I am **Ryan Lavine**. I am a super-proud and happy husband and father to two of the world's most wonderful girls!  I grew up in [|Sedro-Woolley, Washington]and though I was not such a great academic student, I graduated with vocal honors from [|Sedro-Woolley High School] in 1999. I began working as a paraprofessional for Sedro-Woolley Schools three months later, following that with experience in four additional school districts over the next eight years. I attended [|Skagit Valley College] and obtained my [|AAUCT] degree with plans to complete a [|teaching degree at EWU.] In between I lived in [|Argentina] during all of 2005, where I gained a wealth of experience living in a different country. I lived in both Trelew, Chubut and Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina.  My wife, Paula, is [|Uruguayan], but has lived in Argentina from age 3 to 25. We met online before meeting online was cool (2001). We were married in the [|Buenos Aires Temple]of the [|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints] ([|Mormon]) on September 22, 2005. We moved to the States on December 31st, 2006 and moved to [|Cheney, Washington] in July of the following year.  We welcomed Clara Amancay Lavine to our family on November 1, 2006. Unexpected, but a true and great blessing! <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Paula has graduated from EWU with an Undergraduate Degree in [|Spanish Language and Literature] with plans to pursue a [|Graduate Degree at WSU.] I graduate with an Undergraduate degree from EWU in June of 2009 and plan to begin [|Graduate studies in Special Education] program. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">I am currently doing my field work with Mr. Jim Cattin at [|Medical Lake Middle School] in [|Medical Lake, WA].