Biography
I promote the Status of Women & Girls with Disabilities through Speaking, Writing, Performance, Fashion, & Educational Outreach . Many of my collaborative projects are creatively based in the Arts, with solid supporting research and statistics that are academically based.
Specialties: Keynote Speaking, Conference Speaking, TEDx experience, Writing, Research, Workshop/Seminar Facilitator, Theatre and Film direction, and University Communication Studies Instruction.
Industry Expertise (2)
Women
Education/Learning
Areas of Expertise (8)
Public Speaking
Workshop Presenter
Feminism
Disability Rights
Preventive Health
Americans With Disabilities Act
Women and Girls With Disabilities
Higher Education
Education (3)
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania: Bachelor's of Arts, Speech Communications 1994
Public Speaking, Modeling, Acting, Female Athlete of the Year, Paralympic Qualifier in Benchpress, Wheelchair Dance.
Eisenhower Jr./Sr. High School: General Education, General Studies 1988
Graduated on a General Education track, served on Student Council as Vice President and then President two years running, participated in Marching Band, Concert Band, Choir, and Dairy 4-H.
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania: Masters of Arts, Communication Studies 1997
Earned a Masters in Communication Studies, competed nationally in lightweight female adaptive bench press, participated in Rolling Scots Wheelchair Basketball & Track, and began wheelchair adaptive dance.
Affiliations (5)
- President's Committee on the Status of Women (MTSU)
- Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
- Middle Tennessee State University
- RespectAbility Non-Profit
- Ms. Wheelchair Tennessee Organization
Links (6)
Languages (1)
- American English
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