Abby Stokes has taken on the role of the Johnny Appleseed of Technology crisscrossing the country (to more than 25 states) to help Digital Immigrants conquer their fear of technology. She’s visited more than 150 public libraries, over 140 senior centers/computer clubs and hosted webinars across the country to personally take the Digitally Challenged by the hand and help them across the Digital Divide. Abby has single-handedly helped more than 300,000 people online. She has taught courses in basic computing at both Cooper Union and NYU’s School of Lifelong Learning, as well as computer skills to private and corporate clients. A firm believer that “if my mother can learn the computer anyone can,” Abby is confident that everyone can master the computer and navigate the Internet.Abby is the author of “Is This Thing On?” A Computer Handbook for Late Bloomers, Technophobes, and the Kicking & Screaming, Dinner Party Disasters: True Stories of Culinary Catastrophe, and It’s Never Too Late to Love a Computer. She splits her time between New York City and Niantic, Connecticut.