OBJECTIVE

To write entertaining yet informative nonfiction for all ages, but especially for middle grade readers.

WRITING EXPERIENCE

Nonfiction articles multiply published in Highlights, Cricket, ASK , and Spider magazines.

Contributor to ABCMouse.com, leveled nonfiction, 4th grade. 2017.

Contributor to Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader, nonfiction, for both middle-grade and adult reading levels, 2014-2017.

HONORS

Highlights Magazine Author of the Month, October 2017.

PRESENTATIONS GIVEN

“Making It in Magazines.”

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

Nonfiction: Crafting Picture Books and Articles, Highlights Foundation, 2015.

Nuts and Bolts of Science Writing, Highlights Foundation, 2016.

Harold Underdown: Editing Without an Editor, 2018.

MEMBERSHIPS

SCBWI member

EDUCATION

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Bachelor of Arts, French

Bachelor of Arts, Spanish

Bachelor of Science, French Education, K-12

Bachelor of Science, Spanish Education, K-12

Summa Cum Laude

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

French/Spanish Teacher, Lakota Freshman School, West Chester, OH, 1992-1997.