Jacqueline Bowinkel
The Early Childhood Learning Center
Now in her 10th year as an early childhood educator, Jacqueline has come full circle by returning to her native Orange County to join staff at the Early Childhood Learning Center here in IUSD. Jacqueline is an active volunteer in her community and proud to mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County. She loves drawing, painting, yoga, meditation, and going on adventures. Some of her favorite adventures have been studying cheese making on a goat farm and walking the Camino de Santiago. A perpetual student herself, Jacqueline studied Philosophy and Classic Literature at University of King's College in Halifax, Canada, before finding her calling in early ed. Jacqueline loves tapping into her inner child and experiencing things for the first time all over again through the eyes of her students.