Sometimes people ask me what sparked my interest in writing, or whether I was interested in writing before my English class with teacher Erin Gruwell? As a child, I used to play by myself for…
Read MoreYears ago, I dreamed that I would one day have a happy, healthy marriage and family, that I would own my own home, become a pilot, own an airplane, help a lot of people, and…
Read MoreSometimes people ask me, "After that fortuitous park bench encounter with Martin Stokes, how did I maintain the motivation to keep working hard, to push away the despair and keep it from pulling me in…
Read MoreI began this PhD journey in 2010, and have kept at it all these years, taking one course a semester so I could continue to speak around the world. Well, I'm not quite finished yet…
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