Birth Date: Oct. 5, 1938
Birthplace: Mozambique, Africa
Religion: Catholic
Met John Kerry: At an environmental conference in Brazil
Occupations: Interpreter, United Nations; chairman, The Howard Heinz Endowment and the Heinz Family Philanthropies, present.
Education: Bachelor's degree, romance languages and literature, University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1960 and Interpreters School of University of Geneva, 1963
Family: John Kerry's two daughters from a previous marriage, Vanessa, 27, and Alexandra, 30, and three sons from marriage to John Heinz: John, Andre, and Christopher
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