Marie Hippsley

Member

mhippsley@sierraacademy.net

Marie is a homeschool mother of three boys and a member of the Parent Teacher Crew (PTC). Her goal is to foster a strong relationship between the PTC and the Board. Marie was born in Senegal, in West Africa and grew up in France. Marie studied International Transport and Logistics at the Lyon school of Transports and Logistics. After graduating, she worked and lived in a number of European countries including the UK and Ireland where she met her husband Kieran and started a family. During her fourteen years in Ireland Marie worked for several IT companies such as Lucent Technology and Microsoft. Marie and her family moved to North Carolina in 2013, where she started homeschooling her 3 boys. She established a homeschool coop for elementary and middle school students, teaching French, Art and Financial courses as well as organizing events and field trips for the students. In September 2020, Marie and her family moved to California, settling in Alta Sierra just outside Grass Valley. Marie has a son who started attending SAEL in 2021 and she joined both the PTC that fall and the SAEL Board that sspring. She enjoys skiing, Kuk Sool Won, hiking and crocheting. She loves traveling and has visited India and Senegal, in addition to many European countries. In the US, Marie has so far visited twenty-five states and is looking forward to seeing the rest!