Photo: MEC participants build mosaics. Photo by Kayla Berkey. The Mennonite Educators Conference opened Feb. 1 in Leesburg, Virginia, with worship and an invitation for
Wendy Crocker calls herself an “edgewalker” on the border between two cultures. As a principal in two Ontario elementary schools, she developed a passion for understanding the children from Old Colony Mennonite families. Now an assistant professor at the University of Western Ontario, her work with Old Colony students fuels her research interests.