Author, Essayist and Teacher of Personal Narrative

My personal narratives explore themes of identity, family and spirituality. “Views from the Home Office Window” is my collection of essays pulled from my decades-long column in Toledo Area Parent News. My spiritual memoir, “Seven Springs” was published by Shanti Arts in 2021.

You can find my essays in Brevity, Tablet, Lilith, Still Point Arts Quarterly and The New York Times. My flash essays and prose poems have been published at Ritualwell, Five Minutes, Yellow Arrow Journal, Literary Mama, Full Grown People and in several Chicago Story Press Anthologies. My essay “Thank You, Mrs. Rosensweig,” earned third place in Tiferet’s Nonfiction Contest. The work has been called deep, insightful, and lyrical.

I am actively involved in the literary community as a coach, teacher, storyteller, literary essay contest reader, guest speaker and former literary publication editor. In the fall of 2023, I was delighted to become a member of the Skokie Fine Arts Commission. I am also a photographer whose work has been shown at the Chicago Botanic Garden and Curt’s Cafe and published in Still Point Arts Quarterly. You can find a selection of my photographs here.

I am the author of the memoir, Seven Springs (Shanti Arts, 2021), the essay collection, Views from the Home Office Window (Adams Street Publishing, 2007) and a contributor to two anthologies published by Chicago Story Press. You can find my essays in the New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Tablet, Lilith, Brevity, Ritualwell, Five Minutes, Full Grown People, Literary Mama and hear them on Chicago Public Radio.

  • Seven Springs (My memoir)

    Views from the Home Office Window: On Motherhood, Family and Life

    – Available on Amazon

    – Read reviews of the book

  • The Chicago Tribune featured me as part of “Shout Out,” a weekly feature where reporters introduce readers to their fellow community members and local visitors throughout suburban Chicago. Read Here

    Thanks to Aaron Masliansky, who welcomed me in as a guest to his “Inside the Skev” podcast which spotlights people of interest throughout the Skokie and Evanston communities. Listen Here

  • In 2023, I became a member of the Skokie Fine Arts Commission.

    I was honored with the award for Individual Artistic Excellence by my hometown Arts Commission in 2018. Every year the Skokie Fine Arts Commission awards the Award for Artistic Excellence to a Skokie resident who has contributed to the visual, performing, musical or literary arts.

    Additional Awards:

    -Women in Communications awards for essays in Toledo Area Parent News

    -Honorable Mention for the essay “Thank You, Mrs. Rosensweig,” by Tiferet

    -Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Silver Award for Footnotes, 2014

    -Crystal Award for Writing, Single Feature

    -The Association for Women in Communications, 2000

    -Merit Award for Writing, Single Feature Story

    -The Association for Women in Communications Crystal/Matrix Award, 1999

    -Excellence Award – Silver Award

    -Parenting Publications of America, 1999

    -Excellence Award, Personal Essay, Honorable Mention

    -Parenting Publications of America / Medill School of Journalism, 1998