Experience

ThirdAge Media, LLC.

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Editor-in-Chief

  • Jul 2011 - Present

  I co-edit the site, contribute original articles and blogs, assign articles and blogs, post content in the CMS (Drupal and WordPress), select and download images, and use basic HTML. ThirdAge.com, the biggest and best site for “boomer and beyond” women since 1997, is dedicated to improving the lives of 50+ women and their families with up-to-date information on a healthy body, mind, and spirit. Every day we post articles, blogs, and features that keep visitors abreast of breaking medical news and offer expert information about the empty nest, living solo, finding love, coping with caregiving, reinvention, brain fitness, diet, exercise, and age-related health conditions. Show less



Centralia Ballet Academy

• Ballet and Pointe Teacher

  • Sep 2019 - Present



Award-winning journalist and author

• Freelance

  • Jun 1969 - Present

  I sold an article to Gourmet Magazine when I was a 20-something ex-pat teaching English as a Foreign Language on the island of Crete and I've been writing ever since. In between staff jobs, I've sold by-lined articles to many major magazines and web sites, won a National Magazine Award, and authored or co-authored twelve books. I sold an article to Gourmet Magazine when I was a 20-something ex-pat teaching English as a Foreign Language on the island of Crete and I've been writing ever since. In between staff jobs, I've sold by-lined articles to many major magazines and web sites, won a National Magazine Award, and authored or co-authored twelve books.



BroadwayWorld.com

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor-in-Chief, Broadway World Dance

  • Feb 2016 - Feb 2019

  I have a talented team of dance critics who write reviews and interviews based on my assignments. I top edit their work. I also write reviews and do interviews myself.

• Dance Reviewer

  • 2013 - Feb 2019



Ovations Dance Repertory Company

• Ballet Mistress

  • 2015 - 2019



Ovations Dance Academy

• Long Island, NY

• Ballet and Pointe Instructor

  • Jun 2015 - Jun 2018

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Ballet Ambassadors

• New York, NY

• Founder and Artistic Director

  • Jan 2001 - Jan 2014

  I founded Ballet Ambassadors in 1997 and made it a 501c3 company in 2001. The mission of Ballet Ambassadors was to give children and teens in schools, after school centers, camps, and homeless shelters the chance to share the stage with professional dancers in costumed adaptations of the classics, original ballets, and world dance productions. I founded Ballet Ambassadors in 1997 and made it a 501c3 company in 2001. The mission of Ballet Ambassadors was to give children and teens in schools, after school centers, camps, and homeless shelters the chance to share the stage with professional dancers in costumed adaptations of the classics, original ballets, and world dance productions.



Steps on Broadway

• New York, NY

• Ballet Teacher

  • 1992 - 1999

  I taught ballet, pre-ballet and pointe and I created original productions for the annual Junior Showcase. I taught ballet, pre-ballet and pointe and I created original productions for the annual Junior Showcase.



Ladies' Home Journal

• New York, New York

• Executive Editor

  • 1980 - 1992

  I wrote and assigned articles, line-edited, top-edited, edited service copy, participated in cover line meetings, wrote reader surveys, and made media appearances on behalf of the magazine. I wrote and assigned articles, line-edited, top-edited, edited service copy, participated in cover line meetings, wrote reader surveys, and made media appearances on behalf of the magazine.



COSMO

• Spain
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Features Editor

  • 1978 - 1980

  I wrote, assigned, and edited articles and I wrote service copy, working under the legendary Helen Gurley Brown. I wrote, assigned, and edited articles and I wrote service copy, working under the legendary Helen Gurley Brown.



Bride's Magazine

• Articles Editor

  • 1970 - 1972

  I wrote, assigned, and edited articles and I wrote service copy. I wrote, assigned, and edited articles and I wrote service copy.