H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

I am the product of a long line of inconvenient women. My matriarchal line is French-Canadian, Roman Catholic, with a very feisty Irish great-grandmother thrown in for sheer bloody-mindedness.

I am a research analyst and author who has made her living studying technical data and developing articles, training materials, books and web content. Tracking through statistical data, and oblique cross-references to find the relevant connections that identify a problem, or explains a path of action, is my passion. I love clearly delineating the magic questions of knowledge: Who, What, Why, When, Where and for How Much, Paid to Whom. My life lessons: listen carefully, question with boldness, and personally verify the answers.

I look at America through the appreciative eyes of an immigrant, and an amateur historian; the popular and political culture is a ceaseless fascination. I have no impressive initials after my name. I’m merely an observer and a chronicler, an inconvenient woman who asks questions, and sometimes encourages others to look at things differently.