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COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ATTENDED & DEGREES RECEIVED:

• Master of Fine Arts in English, 1995
• Bachelor’s Degree in English Writing, 1987; Minor in Spanish

SCHOLARLY/PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:

PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES:

• “Catalyzing Privatization: Desperate Times, Desperate Actions;” Sociology in Education Annual Conference; Monterey, California, February 1998

BOOKS PUBLISHED (if applicable):

• “Memory of Steel”
• “No Wind for Their Sails: The Betrayal of America’s Urban Youth”

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:

• The Arc of Pennsylvania Community Awareness Award, 1997
• The University of Pittsburgh Distinguished Teaching Award, 1994
• Golden Quill Award for sports writing, 1989

JOINED LA ROCHE: January 2000

HOMETOWN: Pittsburgh, PA