*Author of Midlife Orphan: Facing Life's Changes Now that Your Parents are Gone (Berkely, 1999)*Co-Author: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia' Guide to Common Childhood Infections (Macmillan 1998)*Researcher, writer/collaborator: The University and Urban Revival: Out of the Ivory Tower and Into the Streets (The City in the Twenty-First Century) by Judith Rodin, PhD, 2007*Playwright, “Signs of Love,” PhillyFringe Festival 2006Playwright, “Baby Blues,” directed by Neill Hartley, An Evening with Jackie & Jane, New Leaf Club, 2015*Freelance Marketing writer: Thomas Jefferson University Health System; Einstein Health Network (2007-08)*Freelance copywriter for major corporations, hospital health systems, universities, and businesses including CIGNA, RiteAid, The American College, Merrill Lynch, Wyeth-Ayerst, DuPont Merck, Independence Blue Cross, SMS, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, National Geographic Society, The DISCOVERY Channel, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dorland Global, Inc., Jefferson Health, Temple Health.

I co-founded and co-directed a nonprofit arts education organization with the mission of bringing the arts to inner city schoolchildren. Under the auspices of the parent organization, we started a program called Dancing Classrooms Philly in Philadelphia's public, charter and Catholic schools. From the launch in fall 2007 until I stepped down in July 2011, we worked with more than 70 schools and served nearly 10,000 children. My position involved administration, management, fundraising, recruitment of schools and teaching artists, and marketing and public relations. We visited our schools regularly to maintain program standards. Dancing Classrooms Philly continues to serve schools in Philadelphia, Bucks County and in Delaware. To date, more than 35,000 students have experienced the program. The program, which is licensed from New York City's American Ballroom Theater, teaches lessons in civility, respect for self and others, focus and discipline...with ballroom dance as the change agent. In the 10-week, twice weekly lessons, our specially trained teaching artists, working with the classroom teachers, teach the children 6 ballroom dances. At the program's conclusion, the children perform for their peers and parents. Each school sends 6 pairs of partners to the semifinal competition...the winners advance to the citywide Colors of the Rainbow final competition, which is free and open to the public.