My Life Passport


FALL 2019 EAT, PRAY, WRITE: WOMEN'S TUSCAN WRITING RETREAT, 
Sold out in 6 weeks! Waitlist started.


SUMMER 2019 FIRST SOLO BOOK TO BE RELEASED,
Writing Medicine: The Must-Have Guide for Your Hero's Journey to Inner Healing

2018 AWP ACCEPETED PANEL PROPOSAL 
Writing Medicine chosen from one of 1,700 for annual conference of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Portland, OR (March 2019)

2016-2018 CO-AUTHOR, 9 BOOKS
Five books became #1 Amazon International Bestsellers in multiple categories

2015 CELEBRATED MY NEW SPIRITUAL TEACHER
Became a first-time grandmother

2014 DESIGNED & DELIVERED the DIVINE DIALOGUE WRITING SYSTEM
Nine online courses

2011 CO-CREATED WOMEN as VISIONARIES with LORE RAYMOND
Facebook "magazine" with 13 women contributors

2009-2012 BALI: LAUNCHED VISION QUESTS 
Successful first-time tours of women seekers; everyone took donation cargo to orphanages and medical clinic

2008 PERU: LED PILGRIMMAGE
First-time tour leader with shaman who bestowed name "charcaruna"or bridge person on me

2007- NOW FLORIDA: CREATED & HOSTED,
WOMEN'S DIVINE DILAOGUE WRITING CIRCLE

DIVORCE

2004 EARNED SECOND MASTER'S DEGREE,
Education, Framingham State University, MA
While teaching & raising a daughter as a single mom in Honduras

1999 HONDURAS: LANDED ROLE OF MY DREAMS
Became a first-time, adoptive and single mom at 45; living as an expatriate and Language Arts Teacher at a bilingual school

1999 EARNED FIRST MASTER'S DEGREE,
Human Resources, American University, Washington, D.C.
Commuted monthly while holding full-time job at Eckerd College, FL


1989 ST. PETERSBURG, FL/ WASHINGTON, D.C.: HONORED WITH THREE BRONZE AWARDS,
CASE, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education
While working at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL--cited as “the most innovative college” by Time (magazine); first time Eckerd received any CASE awards

1985 FLORIDA: CO-AUTHORED FLORIDA'S FIRST BUSINESS-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP HAND BOOK
Funded by the Florida State Chamber of Commerce. It was distributed to every Florida school district because of award-winning programs --all co-created with Cam O'Brien, Director of Volunteer Services & Programs, Pinellas County School Board.

DIVORCE

1980 PLATSBURGH, NEW YORK: CREATED & DELIVERED PUBLIC RELATIONS PLAN, 1980 
WINTER OLYMPICS ARTS FESTIVAL 
First time the arts were celebrated with 13 scheduled events as
part of the Olympic celebration

ALABAMA TEACHING CERTIFICATE NOT RECOGNIZED IN NEW YORK

1977 SELMA, AL: TAUGHT & PROMOTED
4th grade teacher position after one year to a Reading Specialist

1974 MARION, AL: GRADUATED CUM LAUDE FROM JUDSON COLLEGE
First Raymond Family member to receive an advanced degree

CALIFORNIA: ENGAGED 12 PEN PALS
Earned straight A’s in 5th grade

BIG SPRING, TEXAS: ARRIVED AS FIRST BORN to LOVING AIR FORCE PARENTS




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