Jane served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Chimbote, Peru with an adult literacy project run through the local teacher training college and worked with the elementary school in Miraflores Bajo, her barriada. She met her husband, Clif Taylor, in training although he was assigned to Lima.

She has been a bilingual teacher in the Oakland (CA) Public Schools for the last 25 years. Jane and Clif (an attorney) have two grown sons and live near Berkeley. They keep in touch with many Peru RPCV friends.

Jane will assist in the preparation of the Yachaspa newsletter and will fill a long-unfilled gap in representation of Amigos members on the West Coast.