Cindy Waszak Geary graduated from Hillside High School in Durham, NC in 1973 as Cindy Stock. She completed undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Northern Arizona University. She worked more than 30 years as a social scientist focused on global health, based in Chapel Hill, N.C., and traveling often to Africa and Asia as part of her job. She now lives in Baltimore, MD with her husband Ron, where she consults for public health organizations, wrote much of Going to School in Black and White, thinks a lot about racial justice and enjoys more time for yoga. She is the mother of two grown children, and has one granddaughter. Cindy still considers North Carolina her home and returns frequently to visit her mother and friends.
