With a masters in bilingual literacy, and reading and ESL endorsements, I've spent many years teaching reading to second language learners. When my students kept complaining few books related to their experiences, I promised to write them one. Canned and Crushed, a middle grade realistic fiction novel, is that book. Now, my former students are my biggest fans. My second novel, Crossing the Line, a middle grade historical fiction set in Chicago in 1919, is dedicated to the memory of a Chicago teenager, Eugene Williams, who died in July, 1919. My third novel, Another D for DeeDee under contract with Sky Pony Press, to be released in 2017, stars a former classmate of Sandro's, DeeDee, originally introduced to readers in an e-read book called The Gift, available on Amazon or Barnes and Noble. I recently moved from the suburbs to Chicago where I'm now consulting and volunteering in Chicago Public Schools and learning to love city living. I have four amazing grownup kids and the cutest grandkids in the world, Hazel and Hank. I love hiking, biking, reading, quilting, and traveling.

I have many achievements, certifications and awards for teaching, but no author awards as I didn't start my writing career until recently.