Mother of two daughters, Brigid O'Keefe Kirkpatrick, an architect in Winter Park, Fl., and Catlin Kirkpatrick Taylor, married, and currently living in Maitland, Florida. Kenna lives with the photojournalist Chris Bolton in a house they restored, although they are looking for something at the beach. Chris is working on two projects: 1. Florida Sin Alma and 2. Lost Orlando.

Employed as a professor of Anthropology and Psychology at Seminole Community College. She was formerly trained and worked as a clinical psychologist until matriculating in the anthropology dept. of La Universidad Autonomo de Yucatan in 1992-93. She is currently the SCC Sprint Endowed Teaching Chair and her classes are online which gives her more time to think and research. She went to Costa Rica in the summer of 2006 to participate in a USF project in assessing health problems and finished a piece of research on water solutions in the Monte Verde. She also went to Mexico, for the second time, as an international observer for their presidential elections.
She was granted a U.S. Gov't research license in 2007 for working in Cuba. She visited Cuba for the second time in March 2007 for more research on water. She is planning to return to Cuba in 2008.

Besides fishing, Kenna likes to boogie board.

Update for 2007: She and Chris just returned from a week surfing and boogie boarding at the 30th reunion of Kent's Surf shop on Cocoa Beach. Basically, its about water!

Kids Brigid, Catlin and adopted daughter Selene are doing great. They live close by and are over for dinner and dropping off grandchildren. The daughters and grandaugters and 'Nana " are going to Cabbage Key for a TVless fishing weekend with no shoes in August. Also in August, Chris and Kenna are going to Mexico City for the new Frida Kahlo exhibit and viisiting markets. Sisters Mickey and Mary Louise are doing great as well. All the sisters, daughters and neices are going for a girl's weekend to NYC for plays in October..

Personal quote, "Whose Cadillac is that?"