Qualifications

Professional and Industry Memberships

  • ACES: The Society of Editors, member
  • Editorial Freelancers Association, member
  • Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading, Professional Member (2020-2026)
  • Alliance of Independent Authors, Partner Member
  • Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, member
  • Courage to Create (Writing Barn), member
  • 12 x 12 (picture books), member
  • KidLit Collective chapter of Editorial Freelancers Association, Leadership Team and member

Editorial Training, Experience, and Professional Development

  • Copyediting certificate, University of California, San Diego Extension Program
  • Assistant Math Editor for major educational publisher
  • Researcher, which included editing and proofreading, state legislature
  • Further studies in fiction editing, writing books for children, editing books for children, working with indie authors, picture book editing, rhyming picture book editing, poetry, book mapping, developmental editing, and editing YA fiction
  • Attendance at SCBWI conferences and other writing and kidlit writing events
  • Ongoing professional development as a member of several online editorial and writing communities

Public Speaking

  • Presenter, Women in Publishing Summit (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
  • Presenter, ACES:EVOLVE (2023)
  • Presenter, EFACON (2023)
  • Presenter, ACES Virtual Conference (2023)
  • Presenter, The Writer’s Workout conference (2024)
  • Presenter, Find Your Readers summit (2024)
  • Presenter, Escape the Plot Forest summit (2024)
  • Presenter, Make Books Better summit (2024)
  • Presenter, Indie Ink Self-Publishing Summit (2025)
  • Presenter, EFACON virtual (2025)
  • Presenter, ACES (2026)
  • Presenter, Astonish Yourself summit (2026)

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts degree, English and Spanish
  • Master of Arts degree, Teaching K-6
  • Certified teacher with elementary (K-6) and ELL (PreK-12) endorsements
  • Additional post-graduate studies in English language acquisition, curriculum development, and aerospace education