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BA in Liberal Arts

Barat College of DePaul University, Illinois, United States

Jan 1998 - Jan 2001

Creative Writing: In October of '01 til June of '06, I served as a co-representative for the SCBWI critique group in Chicago's Far Northern Suburbs (www.scbwi.org). I won several local awards in northern IL for my creative writing in '00 and '01.
ART: i have a double major (in my BA) in Engllish and Art. I have won several local art awards, and exhibited in '02 and '03 with the Illustrators Group of SCBWI. In '93, I won Honorable Mention for an Intalio print at the Scarab Club of Detroit, MI. (etching).
I have written and Illustrated one children's picture book and three young adult novels (yet unpublished).
I have given private art lessons in my home and at a local church for two years.

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