Mary Sloat began work as bookkeeper for ESR in 2004. Her work experience includes three years in Japan, where she edited computer manuals and taught English in several Japanese high schools. Most recently, she’s been a technical editor at Microsoft, a project coordinator at Starwave, and a bookkeeper. Her greatest work, however, remains her three children; each works in progress. Mary has a B.S. from James Madison University in political science. She studied art and architecture at the University of London and continues to pursue her interest in art, her own as well as that of others. Mary and her husband, John, live on Bainbridge Island with their three children