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PUBLISHING CREDITS

2017-2018

  • Received Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for FY2018 in recognition of “artistic excellence and professional accomplishments” (a $5000 grant), based on excerpt from my novel Do Not Weep (see logo below)

2005-Present

  • Communications coordinator and faculty, small, two-year college:

    • Write, edit, design and manage college publications (catalog, newsletter, brochures, press releases, feature stories, ads)

    • Develop and teach/taught classes for undergraduates: English Composition, Introduction to Literature, Creative Writing, Spanish I

1997-2002

  • Weekly columnist, Mobile Register, Mobile, Alabama

  • Correspondent  for same paper, 1998-2002, feature stories (with photographs)

In addition, I’ve written and directed numerous plays which were performed in small and large venues.

EDUCATION

  • M.A. in Spanish, B.A. in German, B.A. in Spanish, Pennsylvania State University

    Extensive travel experience (Europe, Middle East, South Asia, India, Latin America, Africa, Korea)

  • Language skills—Spanish (relative fluency), German (proficient), French and Korean (beginner), Portuguese (reading)