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)
Feminism
Disability Rights
Preventive Health
Americans With Disabilities Act
Women and Girls With Disabilities
Higher Education
Public Speaking
Workshop Presenter
Education (3)
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.
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.
Affiliations (5)
- Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
- Middle Tennessee State University
- RespectAbility Non-Profit
- Ms. Wheelchair Tennessee Organization
- President's Committee on the Status of Women (MTSU)
Links (6)
Languages (1)
- American English
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