I have been a writer for as long as I can remember. I wrote my first stories on the lined journal paper, then typed and stored them on floppy disks on my dad’s first computer, and my passion for writing and wordsmithing continued into my adulthood. My first paid job was as a freelance journalist, back when print newspapers were a thing, and my first full-time career was as an Executive Editor of a monthly magazine. As Executive Editor, I oversaw the entire publication process from conceptualization to print and distribution. I wrote articles myself, and I managed a team of about 25 writers, some of them I began to informally coach. I discovered my passion for helping others find their voice through written expression.

After grad school, I began teaching at Universities as an Adjunct Professor. My first and longest-running course was a Writing course for adult students returning to college late in life to complete their college degree. For 12 years, I have taught English Exposition, introduction to Writing, Research Writing, Informative Writing, Speech and Rhetoric, and Business Writing courses at three Universities in Southern California and Oregon.

I have written and presented more than a dozen academic papers at national conferences, and I won an award for a research paper in my field of expertise. I have completed an academic dissertation for Ph. D., which was recently published with an academic publisher (2023) and another book published in 2022.