Catherine Eva Schandl, B.A. Honours, M.Ed, is a writer, university instructor, and researcher  who was born and raised in Canada. Both her parents were born and raised in Budapest, Hungary. 

She is a blackbelt in martial arts.

Catherine's grandfather was Karoly Schandl  (link to Hungarian Almanac),  the former State Secretary of Agriculture of Hungary, Lifetime Member of the Upper House, President of the National Credit Cooperative (OKH) and HANGYA. Beloved by his constituents, he was a member of Count Bethlen's cabinet and was a strong advocate of land reform. His younger brother was Jozsef Schandl, an award winning ("Kossuth Dijas")  Hungarian scientist.

Catherine's father was Karoly William Schandl, the only son of Karoly Schandl and his wife Terezia. Karoly Junior was a lawyer who became actively involved in the British led anti-Nazi resistance in World War II Hungary (he was also hiding a Jewish friend in his apartment). In 1956, he escaped the communists and fled to Canada, where his parents were able to join him in 1962. After living with their son and his new family in a coastal town in eastern Canada for a year, Karoly Senior and his wife relocated to the eastern U.S.

Note from the Author re: Family Tree

Karoly Schandl Sr., my grandfather, had 3 brothers but he was the only one with a son. My father, Karoly Schandl Jr. was the only remaining "Schandl" in that branch of the family. The family did not use any variations of the name. 

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