In 2010 Cotler made an appearance on a Waltons cast reunion and series retrospective that aired on cable network INSP.Ĭotler described her co-casts on the Wastons show as “a second family” in an interview and she revealed that they meet up for events like weddings, funerals, and Bar Mitzvahs. She has reprised her role as the youngest Walton child in each of the Waltons’ reunion movies and she occasionally makes speeches and personal appearances. ProfessionĪpart from working as an Actress and later an educator, Colter ran her own boutique travel company and also managed a San Francisco cafe. Kami is also a past board member of the American Montessori Society. She served as the founding Principal of Environmental Charter Middle School, an education facility in southern Los Angeles County, California. In 2004, she took the job as co-director of the Ocean Charter School, a position she held until 2007.Īfter that, she started her own educational consulting business. Kami’s first teaching job, coincidentally, took her to a small rural Virginia school in the Blue Ridge Mountains, much like the fictional one she attended on The Waltons as Elizabeth Walton. She made a come back to California in 2001 and took a position teaching 9th grade at Environmental Charter High School. Kim Howard kami Cotler significantly reduced the amount of time she spent acting while she furthered her education at the University of California, Berkeley and She earned a degree in Social Sciences. She did go to a couple of auditions but was met with mean looks. Instead of staying in the entertainment industry, Kami decided to explore her passion for education and became a teacher before rising to the role of principal of the Environmental Charter Middle School. She said in an interview When she finished on the show, that she wasn’t much interested in continuing with acting. Kami was one of the lucky child stars who surprisedly survived, stayed clean, and relevant during and after acting on “The Waltons” from a very young age. Movies and TV shows: The Waltons, A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion, Me and the Chimp, The Waltons: A Decade o, A Walton Weddingįrom the early ages of 6 to 16, the fiery redhead played the role of the beloved Elizabeth Walton, the youngest child of a Virginia family who lived in the Depression Era during World War II.Education: University of California, Berkeley.

Childern: Callan Freya Howard (Daughter), Cotton Howard (Son).

Birthplace: Long Beach, California, United States of America.

Famous As: American actress and educator.

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