About Frances

I was born in Venezuela of Hungarian parents, and lived in Australia before entering primary school in the US. My secondary education was completed in the USA and Switzerland, and university degrees were obtained in the States and the UK. I studied International Relations because I wanted to understand people from all around the world. I’ve been an immigrant three times in my life.

My adult years continue to be a life-long learning experience, having bridged both the commercial and non-profit sectors. The work I do in my semi-retirement is all around fostering freedom: the freedoms my family fought for, the intellectual freedoms to devise a better world, and the freedom to publish against all odds – be they financial or political.

A succinct contemporary description of me is one of social/educational entrepreneur. I have a very strong belief and commitment to education and have in the past, as now, contributed to this end primarily through publishing and the enabling of others to publish.

As part of the global publishing and educational communities I have been able to move into areas of policy work and advocacy. In particular, I've promoted open access for scholarly books by developing new business models to increase knowledge availability.

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