I hold a degree in communications, and my industrious career began in 1983 in Orange County, Ca. as magazine editor. I honed editorial and writing skills as I worked my way up the corporate ladder for a decade. Yet, how many times can you hear "think out of the box" while sitting in one? The Road Not Taken is always a better adventure so said goodbye to the rigidity of corporate structure in the '90's and opened my own business. I've been a writer for four decades and have created...
I hold a degree in communications, and my industrious career began in 1983 in Orange County, Ca. as magazine editor. I honed editorial and writing skills as I worked my way up the corporate ladder for a decade. Yet, how many times can you hear "think out of the box" while sitting in one? The Road Not Taken is always a better adventure so said goodbye to the rigidity of corporate structure in the '90's and opened my own business. I've been a writer for four decades and have created grant-funded programs for high school students where I have taken an experiential approach to learning.
4 decades of published writing
Journalism and editorial background
Editor for over 40 years
Speech writing and public Speaking Experience
High school judge for National Speech And Debate Teams
Creator of grant-funded, experiential learning programs for high school students
Anyone can be taught the spectrum of language arts, but to be inspired by the ideas and possibilities of language is what creates excellence. Most students are capable and creative, but unfortunately many will slip through the language arts programs of the average school system because they are not given one-to-one time.
I see possibilities in everyone, and I know that it is the way I share these possibilities and help to exact and execute learning that can change the language arts game for students. Everyone learns differently. A good tutor helps the student find their personal keys to open the doors to language.
For me, this wonderous way of words started with Mrs. Batt's fifth grade english class. I won an award for a cheesy, two stanza, iambic pentameter poem. She gave me candy. That was the onset of a subconscious, sugar-writing addiction response. I've been at it since pre-Pop Rocks, but my diet has cleaned up. I'm not going to sugar-coat your lessons, but I will make learning a much sweeter experience.
