Diane Jacobsen

Diane is originally from the Chicago area. She left in the ‘70s for college in Virginia and Seattle, and returned to Chicago for Grad school but spent most of her adult life in Palo Alto and Seattle.
She’s had several careers, including architecture, adjunct college lecturer and big 5 technology consulting. In early 2020, while loving her life in Portugal she was diagnosed with breast cancer, just as her adopted country was going into lockdown. She hunkered down in Portugal, received treatment there, among her friends and with her newly adopted rescue dog, Grey, and she kept volunteering at the local animal rescue center.
Diane has enjoyed worldwide travel for years. She’s an avid long distance walker, having completed multiple Camino walks to Santiago de Compostela, Via Algarviana and Via Francigena. And has a daughter and grandchildren in California.