oh, the places we'll go!
TEDx Speaker South Lake Tahoe, CA
TEDx Speaker South Lake Tahoe, CA
TEDx Speaker South Lake Tahoe, CA
October 14, 2023
Excited I've been chosen to speak at this year's event!
Title of my TEDx Talk--
ROB the Trauma: Steal Back Your Life
Finalist San Francisco Writers' Conference Writing Contest
TEDx Speaker South Lake Tahoe, CA
TEDx Speaker South Lake Tahoe, CA
October 5, 2023
Thrilled Bright Eyes-A Memoir made the list of FINALISTS in the SFWC Writing Contest!
Two Old Bucks Podcast Follow-Up Visit!
TEDx Speaker South Lake Tahoe, CA
Interview w Duran Duran's Anna Ross & Independent Creators' Community
August 24, 2023
Thrilled to be back with
Two Old Bucks to give updates about Bright Eyes-A Memoir
& to share the chat with my talented friend, Bruce Rettig
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1483333/13464539
Interview w Duran Duran's Anna Ross & Independent Creators' Community
Keynote Speaker Alpine Co First Five Rainbow Awards
Interview w Duran Duran's Anna Ross & Independent Creators' Community
April 26, 2023
Backing vocalist for Duran Duran, Anna Ross has performed with Duran Duran, Tina Turner
& other icons!
We chat about the creative process & writing our way through & out of out of trauma.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBkpaIlVRYk
Keynote Speaker Alpine Co First Five Rainbow Awards
Keynote Speaker Alpine Co First Five Rainbow Awards
Keynote Speaker Alpine Co First Five Rainbow Awards
April 19, 2023
Very touched to be asked to speak at Alpine County's First Five Rainbow Awards because this group's focus is child abuse prevention and celebrating the adults who support and nurture our youth.
Amazing evening! Kids gave adults in their lives awards for being positive, healthy role models!
Listen to Your Mother NYC Theater 71
Keynote Speaker Alpine Co First Five Rainbow Awards
Keynote Speaker Alpine Co First Five Rainbow Awards
April 1, 2023
LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER --True stories about motherhood. Hilarious, heartwarming & emotionally intense & profound, LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER entertains & brings community together, leaving everyone feeling a little less alone &
a little more understood.
Guest "One Conversation"
We Owned the Night published in Mutha Magazine Jan 2023
Episode 118: Interview with Bridey Thelen-Heidel
Chatted with Live Violence Free about how we can use the same traits we developed to survive abusive lives to create our own happily ever after. Humbled to be on this podcast because LVF's work is beautiful & important.
https://rss.com/podcasts/oneconversation/870893/
Episode 118: Interview with Bridey Thelen-Heidel
We Owned the Night published in Mutha Magazine Jan 2023
Episode 118: Interview with Bridey Thelen-Heidel
Two Old Bucks invited me to talk about Bright Eyes & to read
"We Owned the Night"
Take a listen here:
We Owned the Night published in Mutha Magazine Jan 2023
We Owned the Night published in Mutha Magazine Jan 2023
We Owned the Night published in Mutha Magazine Jan 2023
Honored to have my story featured in MUTHA Magazine's January issue.
Essay linked here:
Proud LGBT+ ALLY
Contributor in Sameer Jha's Guide for Educators
We Owned the Night published in Mutha Magazine Jan 2023
My work with LGBT+ youth is featured in California Educator
Contributor in Sameer Jha's Guide for Educators
Contributor in Sameer Jha's Guide for Educators
Contributor in Sameer Jha's Guide for Educators
Stories of working with LBGT+ youth as we navigated a brave & more truthful world.
Sameer Jha graciously titled the chapter about me
"Profile of an Extraordinary Teacher"
https://www.amazon.com/Read-This-Save-Lives-Classrooms-ebook/dp/B07H78KTZR
English Teacher since 1999
Contributor in Sameer Jha's Guide for Educators
Contributor in Sameer Jha's Guide for Educators
Grateful to have earned this award from my community several times!
and she lives happily, ever after
My Writing
BRIGHT EYES Coming Aug 2024 SheWrites Press
My Writing
Bright Eyes is the book that's been burning in my belly since I was little--the one that tells on the bad guys (and girls) and says thank you to the many rescuers who saved me.
My Day Job
BRIGHT EYES Coming Aug 2024 SheWrites Press
My Writing
I've been teaching English since 1999 in South Lake Tahoe, California. Although the last couple of years have been rough stuff, I LOVE what I get to do!
BRIGHT EYES Coming Aug 2024 SheWrites Press
BRIGHT EYES Coming Aug 2024 SheWrites Press
BRIGHT EYES Coming Aug 2024 SheWrites Press
I started this memoir on September 14, 1999 (the day after this photo!) and am now in the final stages!
Maybe my writing journey--even though I don't know what the hell I'm doing--will encourage you to begin yours!