About Sharon

Background and experience for Sharon Guzik, candidate for Medford School Committee

Experience that matters

Sharon Guzik has the passion, accessibility, and experience that our School Committee needs now. She's been involved in education for years, first as an educator, and later as a volunteer and parent.

Her years as a Medford volunteer and advocate will help her be an accessible voice for everyone and for all of our children. And she'll put that same experience to work finding creative solutions to our current economic problems.

Background

Sharon and her husband, Jack Beusmans, have two sons, who attend the Columbus school. Sharon grew up in Chicago and attended the Chicago Public Schools.  She has BA in Biology from the University of Chicago and an MS in Biology from Northeastern University.  After graduate school, Sharon worked as the Supervisor of the Biology teaching labs at Northeastern and taught biology as an adjunct instructor for many years.

Experience

Some of the community organizations Sharon Guzik has been involved with:

• On the School Improvement Council at the Columbus School
• Involved in the Columbus School PTO and Enrichment Committee
• Volunteered in classrooms, the school library, and after-school clubs
• President of the Friends of the Medford Public Library
  During Sharon Guzik's tenure, the Friends membership and volunteer base has greatly increased, fund raising increased many fold and the visibility of organization has been enhanced.
• Vice President of the Medford Historical Society
  As part of an 11-member working board, Sharon Guzik helped reorganize the Society, stabilize its finances, grow the membership, and catalogue and preserve our considerable historical collection.
• Volunteered for Medford Climate Action Network, Medford-Brooks Estate Land Trust, and Royall House Association (RHA)
• Founding member of Medford Citizens Street Tree Group and Medford Environmental Alliance.
• Member of the Massachusetts branch of the International Dyslexia Association