Gender	Female
Industry	Communications or Media
Occupation	Writer and Editor
Location	Lancaster, KY, United States
Introduction	I'm a writer and editor, gardener, cook, teacher, racquetball player and curious life observer. I enjoy writing articles and short stories, both of which have won awards, and was thankful for the opportunity to write a book, Yes! I Am Catholic, published in 2007. I also contributed to A Cup of Comfort for Breast Cancer Survivors and Heartland Plays published my collection one-act plays, Mothers, Daughters and the Spaces in Between. I work for Berea College Partners for Education and live in a quiet Kentucky town where I garden, cook, teach and work to make peaceful and positive contributions to the world.
Favorite movies	Gone With the Wind, Romero, The Mission, The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, City of Angels
Favorite books	Anything by Isabel Allende, Barbara Kingsolver, Caroline Cooney, Julia Alvarez

When your science teacher smashed a frozen rose with a hammer, did you warm the petals to bring them back to life?

No, but I might have shed a tear.