Live, Love and Learn

Raised – Atlanta, Georgia from age 4 on

Diagnosed – Epilepsy – Petit Mal Temporal Lobe – age 6

Diagnosed – Multiple Sclerosis in 1986

Career – taught middle school for over 15 years – certified to teach in 

Georgia, Connecticut, and West Virginia & North Carolina

Accomplishments: put in a two mile long nature trail in Danbury, 

Connecticut and wrote a book of environmental activities for teachers 

and students to utilize while on the trail. I was presented the key to the 

city of Danbury by the Mayor.

” Healing Words, Life Lessons to Inspire” published by Tate Publishing 

was nationally released on February 22, 2011. I speak to many groups 

on topics ranging from,”Awareness of the Self” to “Parenting” and 

“Healing Relationships.” I also speak to groups on the topics of Epilepsy 

and Multiple Sclerosis as those are the situations I had to deal with 

in order to learn what I needed to learn. This book was entered for 

nomination for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for 2012.

Selected to be one of 30 women who wrote an inspirational essay 

featured in the new book,” Women Will Save The World” by Caroline 

Shearer – Absolute Love Publishing – released March 8, 2012

Featured Inspirational Luminary on Inspire Me today .com – May 12, 

2011

Featured writer on Fun and Fit.com

Featured writer on Whole Woman Village Post – article “The Strength 

of a Woman”.

Featured Spiritual Writer for “The Wellness Journey” online magazine