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Seth with his wife Adelaida and their sons last winter

  • Born Bowdoinham, 1968
  • Attended Coombs School Kindergarten, 1974
  • Graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, 1987
  • Interned in Maine's District 1 Congressional Office, Washington D.C., Spring 1986
  • Earned Bachelor's degree from Brown University, 1991
  • Studied in Ecuador, South America, 1990; became fluent in Spanish
  • Taught public school students in East Harlem (Central Park East Secondary) and Washington Heights, New York City; 1992-2000
  • Earned Master's Degree from Columbia University, Teachers College, 1994
  • Married Adelaida Gaviria Correa, June 1996
  • Received NYC's Hexter Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1998
  • Written up in New York City's Best Middle Schools, 1999
  • Returned to Bowdoinham, June 2000
  • Teaching in M.S.A.D. 75 schools, including Bowdoin and Bowdoinham, 2004-present
  • Parenting two sons with Adelaida:  Lisandro, born November 2001; and Anibal, born January 2003
  • Lead MSAD 75 Gifted & Talented Support Services, 2003-2008
  • Served as Selectperson, Town of Bowdoinham, June 2002-December 2006 (Chair, 2004-2005)
  • Elected State Representative for Bowdoin, Bowdoinham and Richmond, November 2006
  • Appointed to Joint Standing Committee on Utilities and Energy, January 2006
  • Appointed to Governor's Pre-Emergency Energy Task Force, June 2008

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1920s Logo for Ledlie & Priscilla Berry's Chicken Business, Bowdoinham ME

Involved with/Member of (partial list):
  • Success by Six Council Member
  • ACCESS Health Board Member
  • Youth Promise Board Member
  • Merrymeeting Bay Business Association
  • Friends of Swan Island
  • Maine Education Association
  • Informed Notaries of Maine
  • Maine Organic Farmers' and Gardeners' Association
  • Friends of Merrymeeting Bay
  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
  • Bowdoinham Historical Society
  • Sierra Club
  • Merrymeeting Educators' Alliance
  • Natural Resources Council of Maine
  • Union of Concerned Scientists
 

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