Barbara has spent the past 31 years living and working in Japan, France, Taiwan and, most recently, Switzerland. She has worked in consumer products marketing and advertising, and has served in a variety of non-governmental  organizations, ranging from food recovery and distribution, to supporting feminist research at the Pembroke Center, Brown University. Barbara is married to Chris, (also in the MRPL cohort), and has two adult daughters. For her MRPL project, Barbara hopes to investigate the interaction of religion and business, with the aim of increasing religious literacy among corporate leaders and business educators.