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I'm originally from Brooklyn,
New York, and now live in Manhattan with my husband, Alan Shapiro, who is a jazz pianist and
music teacher, and our two cats, Louie and Cordelia.
I graduated from CCNY magna cum laude with a major in linguistics, and earned
my MA from Hunter
College.
For the past 26 years, I've taught English
in New York City
and nearby suburbs. I’m proud to have presented a number of workshops about
the success of the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method at conferences of the
New York State English Council, including: “The Opposites Make English Come
Alive!” and “Comedy, Poetry and Justice to People,” which I’ve given with my
colleague Ann Richards. With her
and others, I've also given presentations at conferences of the National
Council of Teachers of English in Washington, DC and elsewhere, the Virginia
Association of Teachers of English, and the Maryland State Teachers'
Association, and given staff development workshops.
I’ve also presented seminars about the
questions of women, including: “A Woman’s Determination: What Makes It Right
or Wrong?”; “Independence
and Need in Our Lives: How Can They Make Sense?”; “True Self-Expression and
What Interferes”—and many more. In some of these papers, I’ve discussed
literary works I love, including To
Kill a Mockingbird, “The Necklace,”
The Custom of the Country, and The Grapes of Wrath. In others, I’ve
spoken about such important women as the courageous Minerva Mirabal of the
Dominican Republic, the anti-apartheid activist Mary Benson of South Africa, and
the American educator and Transcendentalist Elizabeth Palmer Peabody.
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