National and international award-winning writer
Writer of books, editorials, magazine and newspaper articles
Award-winning speaker
Communications Director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois
Associate Director of Public Affairs, University of Illinois
Editorial Director, WBBM Newsradio AM
Editor, THE NEWS, a weekly newspaper in Niles Township, Illinois
Teacher of non-English speaking students Chicago
Teacher of English to Israeli students, Jerusalem, Israel
Created “The Read In” project at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Each year we chose an inner city African American or Latino school. The students acted out a book along with the help of parents and teachers.
There were contests to see which class could read the most books. A television anchor of color would introduce the book/play the children had prepared. In addition, professors, doctors, graduate students, regular students, secretaries, different people of color from the university came and read stories to the students in every class of the school.
Created Coming Together in Skokie, now known as Coming Together in Skokie and Niles Township, acknowledging the diversity of our communities.
