​Debbi Kent & Joan Suwalsky

Teaches at The Korea Society

​Debbi Kent and her husband Bill have three children—a son, and two daughters adopted from Korea. Debbi’s professional career has included work as a writer, editor, public speaker, marketing representative, and designer. In her free time, she enjoys travel, photography, interior design, and fabric arts.

Joan Suwalsky and her husband Al adopted their daughter and son from Korea. Joan is a developmental psychologist by profession and studies child growth and family functioning, including in adoptive families, at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, MD. In her free time, she is an avid potter and gardener.