[ Home ] [ Introduction ] [ Biographies ] [ Themes ]   Glenda Knight was born in St. John's, Newfoundland in October 1943. She has spent most of her life in Newfoundland. After becoming a teacher at Morris Academy, a school in Mount Pearl, she decided to move there. Mrs. Knight has made many contributions to the community. She has been involved in many school-related activities such as helping the Mount Pearl Junior and Senior High basketball teams travel to tournaments outside the province and to the Winter Games. She has served as a poll clerk during elections and has also collected for many charities. After sixteen years of teaching she has retired and is still living in Mount Pearl. Her hobbies include music (she is a private music teacher), gardening, and crafts.