- Magna Cum Laude graduate, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, B.A. English Writing; departmental honors in Journalism, English Honorary Society, Faculty Scholar, and Minor in Fine Arts
- Honors graduate, Jefferson Community College, Watertown, NU A.A. Humanities
- Certified English as a Foreign Language instructor, 1-1 TEFL, United Kingdom
- ESL Language Instructor, private instruction:Â Teach English to adult students from all over the world;
- English adjunct professor, Jefferson Community College, Watertown, NY:Â Taught English writing, literature and journalism to college freshmen and sophomores;Â Tested for competency in those areas.
- Civilian educator, United States Department of Defense, Fort Drum, NY: Taught English writing and literature to US Army stationed soldiers; Tested BSEP, the Army’s version of TABE.
- New York State Welfare-to-Work representative, Lewis County, NY:Â Secured job placement and taught basic life skills for welfare recipients
Other professional experience: Miami Shore Excursions; news and feature writer, The Islander News and Island Life Magazine, Key Biscayne; assistant to the director, Art Center/South Florida, feature writer, I’m Not Your Boring Newspaper, Key Biscayne. In New York: editor and staff writer, Thousand Island Sun, Alexandria Bay, NY, freelance writer Syracuse New Times; press agent, Save the River environmental protection agency; editor of the Black River Review; for North Country Public Radio’s Community Book Project; participant in NYS Prison Poetry Project; SAT scorer for Pearson Education; museum registrar, Thousand Island Craft School and Textile Museum; Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce event coordinator.