Amy Srebnik

Mom

I was born in Bronx, NY. Went to HS in Manhattan--Fiorello La Guardia as a voice major. I went to SUNY Stony Brook and when I figured out that the classes I chose would give me a bachelor in English I said, ok, and got that. Then a friend mentioned that she was going to try for PT school I thought, hmmm that sounds good. I took the science prerequisites and thought, well lets see if I can get in. Well, somehow the PT program decided let's give her a try. So then I got my Bachelors in PT at Stony Brook. I lived in Manhattan for 13 years. I worked at NYU Rusk Institute for 10 years, where I did pediatric PT for 5 years. I was hyperfocused on my job, so giving it up to be a mother was quite a difficult decision. I realized if I continued to work after daycare costs, I could maybe get a cup and coffee per day with the money I would make. I must admit I was also hyperfocused on breastfeeding and did not have the strength to endure the pumping. I did some part time work here and there and some part time teaching at a PTA program. Anyway, we had another child after 2 years and 4 months.

My husband, Lee and I have parents from Europe (Germany for me, Belgium for Lee) so we always dreamed of living in Europe. Lee worked for a French company, so when there was a possibility of quitting and taking a job locally with the same company at the Paris headquarters we jumped at the idea. Dean was 5 years old and Tessa was 3 years old. And the story begins....