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About Me

I am an author, actor, and director

I am an author, actor, director, and educator with a vision to create opportunity for all voices to soar.

My career as a special education teacher with differently abled and marginalized children, influences my writings. These children became the muses for my essential question, “How do we access and embrace all voices?“

Helen Keller said that “the day I met my teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy was my soul’s birthday.” This phrase was my call to action, not only in my performance work as Annie Sullivan, but in my book and writings.

Theatre is a language. My works are tools for discourse on voice, equity, and access serving to inspire.

The performance arts (playwriting, storytelling, acting) are my teaching tools. As an author. actor, and educator, I encourage people to honor their truth, their stories, and their dreams.

My Resume

Annie Speaks

2011 - Present

Author, Actor, Director

Annie Speaks is a performance event about Annie Sullivan Macy (Helen Keller's teacher). Click here to go to the Annie Speaks website

Global LT

2016 - Present

ESL Instructor

Assist clients and their families in English language fluency and cultural competencies.

Wayne State University

2010 - 2017

Supervisor

Field supervision and mentorship of student teachers.

Oakland University

2014 - 2015

Teach for America Mentor

As a mentor I provided field support for the TFA staff in their urban classrooms.

Educator

1993 - 2010

Reading / Language Arts Educator

Reading/Language Arts teacher for emotionally impaired students in an acclaimed treatment behavioral training program that serviced 22 local school districts.

Wayne RESA

1993 - 2010

Special Ed. (differently abled) Educator

Special education teacher for the Wayne Regional Educational Service Agencies in day treatment facilities for differently abled children.

DATA (Dearborn Area Theater Association)

2018

Best Director

Press and Guide Entertainment Award

2014

Best Director for Annie Sullivan Speaks

Press and Guide Entertainment Award

1996

Best Actor

Audience Choice Award: Collette Cullen, "Recollecting '67, A Story of Race, Rebellion and Reunion"

2018

Detroit Fringe Festival

10th Best Essay

2011

Writer’s Digest

University of Michigan

1978

Master of Arts - Educational Administration

Wayne State University

1975

Bachelor of Arts Education

Press