My M.A. is in English Literature from DePaul University.

Presently, I freelance in publishing with Palgrave Macmillan (NYC), Lumina Datamatics (MA) and Wright Group/McGraw-Hill (IL). Self-employed, I index, proofread, and copy edit manuscripts.

From 2003 to 2006, I taught English and Communication/Public Speaking at Robert Morris College. I also taught Humanities and Creative Writing.

Through DePaul's Urban Teacher's Corps, I tutored extensively in CPS high schools and grammar schools ...