Polish Texans

Jagoda Urban-Klaehn was born in Krakow. Thanks to her parents, the house was always open to people from all over the world. Her parents encouraged her to understand people from different cultures and to learn foreign languages. She has gained a proficiency in Russian, German and English and also knows some French and Spanish. In Krakow, she worked in Physics and also worked on weekends as a tour guide and travel guide.

Jaga moved to Texas to earn a Ph.D. in Physics from Texas Christian University. There she met her husband John, a native Texan, who is also a physicist. They have a 5-year-old daughter, Ela and live and work in Idaho.

Jaga is a writer, editor and webmaster for her Polish Culture website which has hundreds of articles on a wide range of Polish related topics. She also runs the Polish Culture Forum.

In addition to writing and publishing her Polish Culture website, Jaga is a regular columnist for the Polish-American Journal . She is also the editor of the DMOZ directory [Society /Ethnicity /Slavic /Polish] .