Grazyna Boguta Kenda
Linguist, public service administrator
Born Sept. 27, 1952, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1978; daughter of Stanislaw Boguta and Regina (Lewandowska); married W. Andrzej Kenda; child: Victoria.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Warsaw, 1977; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (PA), 1981.
Career: graduate assistant, teaching fellow, 1978-81, English as a second language instructor, 1981-82, University of Pittsburgh; lecturer (English), Point Park College, Pittsburgh, 1981-82; associate executive director for community affairs, Polish & Slavic Center, Brooklyn (NY), 1983-85; director, Human Resources Administration, External Affairs, Office of Information Assistance, New York City, 1985-91; chairman, English as a Second Language Department, Technological Career Institute, College for Technology, New York City, 1991 -.
Member of: Mayor's Ethnic Advisory Council, 1985-90, Mayor's Immigration Action Advisory Committee, 1987-89, advisory council member, Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, New York City; board directors member, Polish & Slavic Center, 1986-88, Polish & Slavic Federation Credit Union, 1985-92, Brooklyn; Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Georgetown University, Washington (DC).
Honors: scholarship, University of Pittsburgh, 1978-81; grant, Kosciuszko Foundation, 1981.
Affiliation: Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, Spanish, Russian.
Hobbies: collecting antiques.
Office: Technical Career Institutes, Department of English as a Second Language, 120 W. 30th St, New York, NY 10001.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996