Jean M. Higbee, Project Specialist, is working on the development of the curriculum for the Kansas Certified Peer Specialist program and is on the CRO team, providing assistance to Project Independence, Inc., where she recently served as Assistant Director for the last two years. She is also in the process of visiting other CRO’s across the state. Jean has recently returned to school to get a degree in psychology at WSU. She and her cat Smudge live in Wichita, and enjoy doing puzzles (Smudge likes hiding the pieces to jigsaws), playing games on the computer, and loves to read books.