Laura Echevarria
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | Until June 30, 2004, Laura Echevarria was the Director of Media Relations and a spokesperson for the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) for seven years. She is currently the communications director for a local pregnancy center. She still writes on a regular basis. Ms. Echevarria holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech communications. Prior to studying speech, she was a biology major who intended to go to medical school. In addition, she holds an undeclared major in Bible. She is a frustrated author (her first book made it to the acquisitions committee of a major publisher) and has written for Touchstone magazine, Human Life Review, and other publications. She has been a frequent contributor to the opinion pages of The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Ms. Echevarria was also the first opinion columnist for LifeNews.com, the internet pro-life news source that reaches over 250,000 people each week through internet, radio and e-mail. Ms. Echevarria lives with her husband, their 19-year-old daughter, Gabrielle, and their two sons, Peter, who is 15, and Nathan, 14. Both sons have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. |
| Interests | My children, writing, writing, writing, reading. |
| Favorite movies | Musicals or action/adventure, Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter, Classics-- Scaramouche, Robin Hood, Captain Blood (based on Sabatini's book), Alfred Hitchcock movies, anything with Tyrone Power, anything with Cary Grant |
| Favorite music | Newsboys, DC Talk, Tobey Mac, anything by Stephen Curtis Chapman, Classical, I tend to lean toward anything emphasizing strings in classical music. |
| Favorite books | The Scarlet Pimpernel, anything by Raphael Sabatini, Pride and Prejudice (a favorite since college), The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis), A Tale of Two Cities, anything by Dorothy Sayers |