Taking A Leap

DR. EFTHEMIA PAPADOPOULOS - WEEK 3 & WEEK 4 Business Name: Happy Everyday Telephone Number: 949-466-4193 Email: founder@thehappyeveryday.org Website:  https://thehappyeveryday.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/efiphd  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EFTHEMIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sports_herstory/ The Happy Everyday movement began in New York City in 1999, serving a diverse population of music producers, DJ's, dancers, and entertainers. Dr. Papadopoulos' first name Efthemia means a cheerful and pleasant person and she values learning so Happy Everyday was incorporated with the mission to educate. Happy means being thankful, present, and aware at least once an hour, every waking hour. Aside from a Master of Science degree in statistics, having studied Artificial Intelligence in 2001, Dr. Pop slowed down her career in music to pursue science. She then served a premiere video game publisher, which was financially doing better in entertainment than music and film combined. As a nerd behind the scenes in entertainment, Dr. Pop had fun playing beach volleyball and finishing up her dissertation. Today, she is working on the Sports Herstory project to raise awareness about females in competition, their period, and fertility because that is ethos, the spirit of our times. 

DR. EFTHEMIA PAPADOPOULOS - WEEK 1 Business Name: Happy Everyday Telephone Number: 949-466-4193 Email: founder@thehappyeveryday.org Website:  https://thehappyeveryday.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/efiphd  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EFTHEMIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sports_herstory/ The Happy Everyday movement began in New York City in 1999, serving a diverse population of music producers, DJ's, dancers, and entertainers. Dr. Papadopoulos' first name Efthemia means a cheerful and pleasant person and she values learning so Happy Everyday was incorporated with the mission to educate. Happy means being thankful, present, and aware at least once an hour, every waking hour. Aside from a Master of Science degree in statistics, having studied Artificial Intelligence in 2001, Dr. Pop slowed down her career in music to pursue science. She then served a premiere video game publisher, which was financially doing better in entertainment than music and film combined. As a nerd behind the scenes in entertainment, Dr. Pop had fun playing beach volleyball and finishing up her dissertation. Today, she is working on the Sports Herstory project to raise awareness about females in competition, their period, and fertility because that is ethos, the spirit of our times. 

KAREN WILLIAMS -WEEK 2 Business Name: World Financial Group Telephone: 646-580-2537 Email: ckwfinancials@gmail.com Website: https://agents.worldfinancialgroup.com/Karen-Magloire-Williams-92OWI Karen Williams is a New York resident who migrated from the island of Jamaica at the age of 7 years old. She has since become a US citizen and is married with 5 children. She holds a position as an analyst for the City of New York and is a financial educator within her business. She has a passion for helping people become the best version of themselves, which also led her to explore different aspects of the health field in addition to finance. Karen believes that financial health and physical health are two of the most important factors of life.

KAREN WILLIAMS - WEEK 1 & WEEK 2 Business Name: World Financial Group Telephone: 646-580-2537 Email: ckwfinancials@gmail.com Website: https://agents.worldfinancialgroup.com/Karen-Magloire-Williams-92OWI Karen Williams is a New York resident who migrated from the island of Jamaica at the age of 7 years old. She has since become a US citizen and is married with 5 children. She holds a position as an analyst for the City of New York and is a financial educator within her business. She has a passion for helping people become the best version of themselves, which also led her to explore different aspects of the health field in addition to finance. Karen believes that financial health and physical health are two of the most important factors of life.

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Max is a life enthusiast and consultant to athletes, entrepreneurs, couples, and parents, helping them win, through self-awareness. His talent is finding the gut-punching comment that wakes his clients up to smell the coffee. He resides in Miami Beach, Florida, where he plays tennis, meditates, and is active at the gym. He also enjoys reading and listening to music in his hammock. Max is the author of the book: “The Lazy Way to Live Fantastic and his CORE business MISSION is to wake people up to discover that The Lazy Way to Live Fantastic is real and available to you right now!

Max is a life enthusiast and consultant to athletes, entrepreneurs, couples, and parents, helping them win, through self-awareness. His talent is finding the gut-punching comment that wakes his clients up to smell the coffee. He resides in Miami Beach, Florida, where he plays tennis, meditates, and is active at the gym. He also enjoys reading and listening to music in his hammock. Max is the author of the book: “The Lazy Way to Live Fantastic and his CORE business MISSION is to wake people up to discover that The Lazy Way to Live Fantastic is real and available to you right now!

Milca Exantus is an Educator, Author, and Life Coach. Milca is a native Floridian and has has been teaching in Miami-Dade County and Broward County South Florida since 2002.  Throughout her career, she has developed a passion for helping others achieve lifelong dreams and goals. She earned both a Bachelor and Masters degree from Florida International University in Education specializing in Leadership and Coaching.  She recently published her first book called: Think, Plan, Change, Grow which is a Success Planner to help people with Self-Discovery. relationships, and professional growth.  Her passion for personal growth has been used to motivate adults, young professionals, and leaders with strategies that lead to personal and career success. She inspires others to have a  clear vision to live with purpose. 

Milca Exantus is an Educator, Author, and Life Coach. Milca is a native Floridian and has has been teaching in Miami-Dade County and Broward County South Florida since 2002.  Throughout her career, she has developed a passion for helping others achieve lifelong dreams and goals. She earned both a Bachelor and Masters degree from Florida International University in Education specializing in Leadership and Coaching.  She recently published her first book called: Think, Plan, Change, Grow which is a Success Planner to help people with Self-Discovery. relationships, and professional growth.  Her passion for personal growth has been used to motivate adults, young professionals, and leaders with strategies that lead to personal and career success. She inspires others to have a  clear vision to live with purpose. 

Soraya Autana Soraya, as in Moriah, went through a very difficult time in her life when she found herself watching all her dreams tumble down and became submerged in depression. Through that journey by the grace of God, she was able to reclaim herself, her sense of worth and learn to love herself. She has now become a Life and Relationship Designer and a Relationship Untangler. She is able to help a couple on the brink of divorce love each other again in three days as well as help people that are stuck, emotionally or psychologically, transform their life in two days. She now empowers people to make the rest of their life the best of their life. WEBSITE:  sorayaautana.com TELEPHONE: 561-336-5757 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4MMXDVdU62YTAVSMECsGLQ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/SorayAutana/

Soraya Autana WEBSITE:  sorayaautana.com YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4MMXDVdU62YTAVSMECsGLQ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/SorayAutana/ BIO: Soraya, as in Moriah, went through a very difficult time in her life when she found herself watching all her dreams tumble down and became submerged in depression. Through that journey by the grace of God, she was able to reclaim herself, her sense of worth and learn to love herself. She has now become a Life and Relationship Designer and a Relationship Untangler. She is able to help a couple on the brink of divorce love each other again in three days as well as help people that are stuck, emotionally or psychologically, transform their life in two days. She now empowers people to make the rest of their life the best of their life.

CeCe Espeut is a multi-talented powerhouse who brings her expertise as a former US Marine, author, photographer, two-time TEDx speaker, and a four-time Distinguished Toastmaster. She is also the executive director of TEDx Dania Beach 2023. CeCe currently attends Florida International University (FIU) where she is studying Industrial Organizational Psychology with an emphasis in Change Management and Personal Development. Her life is centered on three core values; God, Family, and Education. She Is the mother of 2, the grandmother of 6 and the GREAT grandmother of 3 amazing boys.

CeCe Espeut is a multi-talented powerhouse who brings her expertise as a former US Marine, author, photographer, two-time TEDx speaker, and a four-time Distinguished Toastmaster. She is also the executive director of TEDx Dania Beach 2023. CeCe currently attends Florida International University (FIU) where she is studying Industrial Organizational Psychology with an emphasis in Change Management and Personal Development. Her life is centered on three core values; God, Family, and Education. She Is the mother of 2, the grandmother of 6 and the GREAT grandmother of 3 amazing boys.

LISA GENOVA is  the New York Times best-selling author of the novels Still Alice, Love Anthony, Inside the O'Briens, Every Note Played and the one we are discussing today, Remember - The Science of Memory and The Art of Forgetting. Still Alice was adapted into an Oscar-winning film. Lisa graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in biopsychology and holds a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard University. She travels worldwide speaking about the neurological diseases she writes about and has appeared on the Dr. Oz Show, Today, PBS News Hour, CNN and NPR. Her TED Talk "What You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer's" has been viewed more than 5 million times.

ANN HOOD is is an American novelist and short story writer; she has also written nonfiction. She is the author of fourteen novels, four memoirs, a short story collection, a ten book series for middle readers and one young adult novel. Her essays and short stories have appeared in many journals, magazines, and anthologies, including The Paris Review and Tin House. Ann is a regular contributor to The New York Times' Op-Ed page, Home Economics column. Her most recent work is "Fly Girl: A Memoir," She is a faculty member in the Creative Writing program at The New School in New York City. Hood was born in West Warwick, Rhode Island. She now lives with her husband Michael Ruhlman and their children.

DR. SHILPA RAVELLA is a gastroenterologist and author. She treats a range of general gastrointestinal ailments and has unique experience in managing complex rare diseases, including intestinal failure and intestinal or multiple-organ transplantation. She is an expert in the field of nutrition and is particularly interested in the interactions between food, the microbiome and the immune system. A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet & Disease is her first book. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, New York Magazine, Slate, Discover and USA Today, among other publications, and she has appeared as an expert on ABC's Good Morning America and in print media outlets including Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Food and Wine, Glamour and Women's Health. Her Ted-Ed lesson, ‘How the Food You Eat Affects Your Gut,' has garnered over five million views. Ravella earned her B.S. in Biology from MIT and an M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center.

WILL JAWANDO, Author of "My Seven Black Fathers" WILL JAWANDO is an attorney, an activist, a community leader, and a council member in Montgomery County, Maryland, a diverse community of more than one million residents. Called "the progressive leader we need" by the late congressman John Lewis, Will has worked with Nancy Pelosi, Senator Sherrod Brown, and President Barack Obama.   His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, The Root and on BET.com, and his work has been featured in the New York Times, New York Magazine and on NPR, NBC News, and MTV. He regularly appears on CNN, MSNBC, and other media outlets.  Will Jawando is just one of the hundreds of authors from around the world gathering together in downtown Miami for Miami Book Fair 2022, the nation's largest gathering of writers and readers of all ages.  Event scheduled for November 13 - 20. Please visit miamibookfair.com for more information.

Hoarding Business Name:  Sort-it-Out, Inc. Website:  www.sortitout.net Telephone Number: 305-467-8564 Email: marshasims@sortitout.net  Marsha Sims is a professional organizer with over 25 years of experience in the organizing industry.  She is the Founder and President of Sort It Out Inc., the leading professional organizing company in South Florida, and is recognized as one of the top professional organizers in the country. She has also authored five popular books on organizing.

Hoarding Business Name:  Sort-it-Out, Inc. Website:  www.sortitout.net Telephone Number: 305-467-8564 Email: marshasims@sortitout.net  Marsha Sims is a professional organizer with over 25 years of experience in the organizing industry.  She is the Founder and President of Sort It Out Inc., the leading professional organizing company in South Florida, and is recognized as one of the top professional organizers in the country. She has also authored five popular books on organizing.

DR. STACEY COOPER Website: https://www.drstaceycooper.com Telephone Number: 519-754-0183 Email: askdoctorstacey@gmail.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/drstaceycooper Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrStaceyCooper YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrStaceyCooper Dr. Stacey Cooper is a holistic wellness authority, an inspirational speaker, educator and the founder of Lifestyle Balance Solutions. Her clinical practice spans over 26 years. Dr. Stacey's newest release is Heal Your Health Naturally, which is endorsed by Bob Proctor- from the hit movie The Secret, and Jack Canfield- the Co-Creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul.  As a speaker, Dr. Stacey inspires audiences by sharing her story, her discoveries and the strategies that continue to help her to optimize her health and well-being. Dr. Stacey's mission is to eliminate the diabetic epidemic globally and to help enable you to enjoy your years with Enhanced Vitality and Better Body Function.

DR. STACEY COOPER Website: https://www.drstaceycooper.com Telephone Number: 519-754-0183 Email: askdoctorstacey@gmail.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/drstaceycooper Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrStaceyCooper YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrStaceyCooper Dr. Stacey Cooper is a holistic wellness authority, an inspirational speaker, educator and the founder of Lifestyle Balance Solutions. Her clinical practice spans over 26 years. Dr. Stacey's newest release is Heal Your Health Naturally, which is endorsed by Bob Proctor- from the hit movie The Secret, and Jack Canfield- the Co-Creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul.  As a speaker, Dr. Stacey inspires audiences by sharing her story, her discoveries and the strategies that continue to help her to optimize her health and well-being. Dr. Stacey's mission is to eliminate the diabetic epidemic globally and to help enable you to enjoy your years with Enhanced Vitality and Better Body Function.

Website: www.GodCameToMyGarageSale.com Dr. Marni Hill Foderaro is an award-winning and celebrated author, speaker and educator. She earned her doctorate in education from Northern Illinois University and completed postdoctoral studies at Harvard after a very successful and rewarding 35-year career as a high school special education teacher, with 12 years as a university adjunct graduate school professor. Marni's life was forever changed after experiencing numerous trauma-induced STEs -Spiritually Transformative Encounters. Marni's 2020 Best Books Award Winning Spiritual fiction “God Came to My Garage Sale” is prominently endorsed by James Redfield, best selling author of “The Celestine Prophecy” series of books. Marni's latest prominently endorsed 5-book series is entitled: “True Deceit False Love” and addresses Domestic Violence, Narcissistic Abuse, Parental Alienation and Intergenerational Family Trauma. Marni is a contributing author to numerous anthology books. In January 2022 Marni was inducted into the Bestselling Authors International Organization.

Website: www.GodCameToMyGarageSale.com   Dr. Marni Hill Foderaro is an award-winning and celebrated author, speaker and educator. She earned her doctorate in education from Northern Illinois University and completed postdoctoral studies at Harvard after a very successful and rewarding 35-year career as a high school special education teacher, with 12 years as a university adjunct graduate school professor. Marni's life was forever changed after experiencing numerous trauma-induced STEs -Spiritually Transformative Encounters. Marni's 2020 Best Books Award Winning Spiritual fiction “God Came to My Garage Sale” is prominently endorsed by James Redfield, best selling author of “The Celestine Prophecy” series of books. Marni's latest prominently endorsed 5-book series is entitled: “True Deceit False Love” and addresses Domestic Violence, Narcissistic Abuse, Parental Alienation and Intergenerational Family Trauma. Marni is a contributing author to numerous anthology books. In January 2022 Marni was inducted into the Bestselling Authors International Organization.

Dr. Stacey Cooper is a holistic wellness authority, an inspirational speaker, educator and the founder of Lifestyle Balance Solutions. Her clinical practice spans over 26 years. Dr. Stacey's newest release is Heal Your Health Naturally, which is endorsed by Bob Proctor- from the hit movie The Secret, and Jack Canfield- the Co-Creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul.  As a speaker, Dr. Stacey inspires audiences by sharing her story, her discoveries and the strategies that continue to help her to optimize her health and well-being. Dr. Stacey's mission is to eliminate the diabetic epidemic globally and to help enable you to enjoy your years with Enhanced Vitality and Better Body Function. Website: https://www.drstaceycooper.com Telephone Number: 519-754-0183 Email: askdoctorstacey@gmail.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/drstaceycooper Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrStaceyCooper YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrStaceyCooper

Dr. Stacey Cooper is a holistic wellness authority, an inspirational speaker, educator and the founder of Lifestyle Balance Solutions. Her clinical practice spans over 26 years. Dr. Stacey's newest release is Heal Your Health Naturally, which is endorsed by Bob Proctor- from the hit movie The Secret, and Jack Canfield- the Co-Creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul.  As a speaker, Dr. Stacey inspires audiences by sharing her story, her discoveries and the strategies that continue to help her to optimize her health and well-being. Dr. Stacey's mission is to eliminate the diabetic epidemic globally and to help enable you to enjoy your years with Enhanced Vitality and Better Body Function. Website: https://www.drstaceycooper.com Telephone Number: 519-754-0183 Email: askdoctorstacey@gmail.com Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/drstaceycooper Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrStaceyCooper YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrStaceyCooper

VIDA NUGENT Business Name: Vida Nugent & Associates Telephone Number: 954-288-9128 Email:  Vida@vidanugent.com Vida Nugent can be summed up in 6 words: mother, grandmother, sister, friend, Christian and coach. She is a Financial Wellness Coach who teaches families how to structure a game plan to be financially wealthy and to reach their goals for retirement. She is highly qualified to help families in these areas because she holds Series 6, 63 and 26 Licenses. In addition, she holds a Mortgage Broker License as well as a Life, Health and Annuity License.  In her spare time she is an avid reader and enjoys gardening and being in nature.

CAROLYN STEIN - PART 2 Business: Carolyn Stein & Associates Telephone:  305-310-4455 Email: carolynkstein@aol.com Facebook - Carolyn Stein Carolyn Stein is a published author and an international speaker. She is also a specialist in Communication Strategies and Brand Identity and has delivered her keynotes and seminars to Fortune 500 corporations and associations throughout the United States, Canada, Southeast Asia, China, India, and New Zealand. Carolyn is the author of Passport to the Podium, Delivering Powerful Speeches, From Potential to Power, The Leadership Escalator, Make an Impact and Suddenly A Senior.

CAROLYN STEIN - PART 1 Business: Carolyn Stein & Associates Telephone:  305-310-4455 Email: carolynkstein@aol.com Facebook - Carolyn Stein Carolyn Stein is a published author and an international speaker. She is also a specialist in Communication Strategies and Brand Identity and has delivered her keynotes and seminars to Fortune 500 corporations and associations throughout the United States, Canada, Southeast Asia, China, India, and New Zealand. Carolyn is the author of Passport to the Podium, Delivering Powerful Speeches, From Potential to Power, The Leadership Escalator, Make an Impact and Suddenly A Senior.

ALEJO CERRATO Telephone Number: 786-202-1485 Email: info@alejocerrato.com  Instagram: alejo__Cerrato Alejo Cerrato was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a Public Relations and Communications graduate from Florida International University and has been working in the Public Relations and Marketing fields since he came to the USA 20 years ago. A long time Toastmaster – he held the presidency of his club - Daybreak Toastmasters - for over two years.  At the age of 50 he started doing stand-up comedy and quickly found a way that he could serve others in this craft through organizing feedback events where comedians of all levels can learn, by giving feedback to other comics, how to dissect, analyze and improve their jokes.

CECE ESPEUT  - PART 2 Website: CeCeEspeut.com Telephone Number: 954.478.5109 Email: espeut.cece@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/cece.espeut CeCe Espeut is a former US Marine, three times distinguished toastmaster, author, and TEDx speaker. Her life is centered on the core values of God, Family and Education. She currently attends Florida International University (FIU) where she is studying Industrial Organizational Psychology with an emphasis in Change Management and Personal Development. In addition to being a keynote speaker at conferences around the world, she also serves as vice president of education of her Toastmasters club and speaks at schools about leadership development.  She also sits on the board of the Broward County Re-Entry Coalition for Ex-Offenders to help rehabilitate inmates who are transitioning back into society following incarceration.  

CECE ESPEUT - PART 1 Website: CeCeEspeut.com Telephone Number: 954.478.5109 Email: espeut.cece@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/cece.espeut CeCe Espeut is a former US Marine, three times distinguished toastmaster, author, and TEDx speaker. Her life is centered on the core values of God, Family and Education. She currently attends Florida International University (FIU) where she is studying Industrial Organizational Psychology with an emphasis in Change Management and Personal Development. In addition to being a keynote speaker at conferences around the world, she also serves as vice president of education of her Toastmasters club and speaks at schools about leadership development.  She also sits on the board of the Broward County Re-Entry Coalition for Ex-Offenders to help rehabilitate inmates who are transitioning back into society following incarceration.

PRICE POLYNICE - PART 1 Business Name: UP One Notary, LLC Website:   https://www.uponenotary.com Telephone Number: 305-439-7258 Email: Price.Polynice@uponenotary.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uponenotary/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/@up_notary Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/UPOneNotary Price Polynice served in the United States Navy for 3 years.  He holds a Bachelor's in Information Technology, and a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) with an Executive Certificate in Project Management.   In his free time, he is an avid walker and enjoys listening to non-fiction audiobooks.  On the professional front, Price is a speaker and a distinguished member of Toastmasters International. As a Notary Public, he takes great pride and care in helping title agents, realtors and loan officers close real estate deals right the first time.  ------------------------------------------------------------   

PRICE POLYNICE - PART 1 Business Name: UP One Notary, LLC Website:   https://www.uponenotary.com Telephone Number: 305-439-7258 Email: Price.Polynice@uponenotary.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uponenotary/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/@up_notary Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/UPOneNotary Price Polynice served in the United States Navy for 3 years.  He holds a Bachelor's in Information Technology, and a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) with an Executive Certificate in Project Management.   In his free time, he is an avid walker and enjoys listening to non-fiction audiobooks.  On the professional front, Price is a speaker and a distinguished member of Toastmasters International. As a Notary Public, he takes great pride and care in helping title agents, realtors and loan officers close real estate deals right the first time.  ------------------------------------------------------------   

JIM BARBER - PART 2 Website:   thebarbershop.com  Telephone Number:  954-476-9252 Email:   jim@thebarbershop.com   Jim Barber is an incurable entrepreneur. Over the past 42 years, Jim has been a technical trainer, keynoter, voice talent, master of ceremonies, podcaster, TEDx Talker, body double, workshop facilitator, copy editor, publisher, e-commerce developer, web designer, and more. In addition to running his own business for over 4 decades, Jim has been an active member of Toastmasters International for over 30 years; served as Florida liaison to the National Speakers Association and twice served as president of the Florida Speakers Association. Jim dislikes being in a rut, and he adores taking a leap.   

JIM BARBER - PART 2 Website:   thebarbershop.com  Telephone Number:  954-476-9252 Email:   jim@thebarbershop.com   Jim Barber is an incurable entrepreneur. Over the past 42 years, Jim has been a technical trainer, keynoter, voice talent, master of ceremonies, podcaster, TEDx Talker, body double, workshop facilitator, copy editor, publisher, e-commerce developer, web designer, and more. In addition to running his own business for over 4 decades, Jim has been an active member of Toastmasters International for over 30 years; served as Florida liaison to the National Speakers Association and twice served as president of the Florida Speakers Association. Jim dislikes being in a rut, and he adores taking a leap.   

Miami Book Fair Author of "The Foreigner's Song: New and Selected Poems" Pablo Medina is a Cuban American author of 19 books of poetry, fiction and memoir / non-fiction.  Until the age of 12, he lived in Havana, Cuba, then moved with his family to New York City, where his culture shock was softened by snow and by countless visits to the New York Public Library. He earned both a BA and an MA from Georgetown University.   Pablo's work has appeared in various languages and in magazines and major periodicals throughout the world. He has been the recipient of many awards for his work, including fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. Pablo Medina currently lives in Williamsville, Vermont and is on the faculty at the Warren Wilson Master of Fine Arts Program for Writers.

Miami Book Fair Author of "The Drop: How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us Understand Addiction and Recovery" T had Ziolkowski is is the author of Our Son the Arson, a collection of poems; the memoir, On a Wave, which was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award in 2003; the novel, Wichita; and The Drop, a nonfiction exploration of surfing and addiction. His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, Slate, Bookforum, Artforum, Travel & Leisure, and Interview Magazine. He has a PhD in English Literature from Yale University and is the recipient, among other honors, of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is the Associate Director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Miami Book Fair Author of "When Blood Breaks Down: Life Lessons from Leukemia" Dr. Mikkael A. Sekeres joined the University of Miami Health System and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center as Chief of the Division of Hematology with a focus on Leukemia and Myeloid Disorders.  He earned his medical degree and a Master's Degree in clinical epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Sekeres completed his postgraduate training at Harvard University, finishing an internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a fellowship in hematology-oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. He chaired the Oncology Drugs Advisory Committee of the FDA, has been on the editorial boards for several medical journals, and chairs scientific advisory boards for patient advocacy groups and research funding agencies.  He is a frequent essayist for The New York Times and has written 8 books.

SHELLY TYGIELSKI Miami Book Fair Author of "Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World" Shelly Tygielski is the author of the book, "Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World". She is also the founder of Pandemic of Love, a global, grass-roots, volunteer led mutual aid community that has directly matched over 1.7 million people since the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic, accounting for over $57 million in direct transactions. Her work has been featured in over 100 media outlets including CNN Heroes of 2020, Forbes, Upworthy, The Kelly Clarkson Show, CBS This Morning, the New York Times and Washington Post. Shelly is a trauma-informed mindfulness teacher named one of the “12 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement” by Mindful Magazine in 2019. She teaches formalized self-care and resilience practices at organizations around the world, and is widely regarded as a self-care activist.

Miami Book Fair Author of "Imperiled Reef: The Fascinating, Fragile Life of a Caribbean Wonder" Sandy Sheehy is a journalist who has dived the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef for four decades.  Sandy has written frequently on human relationships and the natural environment. Her work has appeared in Town & Country, Forbes, House Beautiful, Self, Working Woman, and Money, among other national magazines. She is the author of Texas Big Rich, a group portrait of the state's financially fortunate, and Connecting: The Enduring Power of Female Friendship. Her first novel, Deserts of the Heart, is a multicultural historical romance set in 1798 near Santa Fe. Her third nonfiction book, "Imperiled Reef: The Fascinating, Fragile Life of a Caribbean Wonder" grew out of her love of scuba diving. 

Miami Book Fair Author of "The Foreigner's Song: New and Selected Poems"  Pablo Medina is a Cuban American author of 19 books of poetry, fiction and memoir / non-fiction.  Until the age of 12, he lived in Havana, Cuba, then moved with his family to New York City, where his culture shock was softened by snow and by countless visits to the New York Public Library. He earned both a BA and an MA from Georgetown University.   Pablo's work has appeared in various languages and in magazines and major periodicals throughout the world. He has been the recipient of many awards for his work, including fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. Pablo Medina currently lives in Williamsville, Vermont and is on the faculty at the Warren Wilson Master of Fine Arts Program for Writers

 Thad Ziolkowski is is the author of Our Son the Arson, a collection of poems; the memoir, On a Wave, which was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award in 2003; the novel, Wichita; and The Drop, a nonfiction exploration of surfing and addiction. His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, Slate, Bookforum, Artforum, Travel & Leisure, and Interview Magazine. He has a PhD in English Literature from Yale University and is the recipient, among other honors, of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is the Associate Director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Miami Book Fair Author of "When Blood Breaks Down: Life Lessons from Leukemia" Dr. Mikkael A. Sekeres joined the University of Miami Health System and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center as Chief of the Division of Hematology with a focus on Leukemia and Myeloid Disorders.  He earned his medical degree and a Master's Degree in clinical epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Sekeres completed his postgraduate training at Harvard University, finishing an internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a fellowship in hematology-oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. He chaired the Oncology Drugs Advisory Committee of the FDA, has been on the editorial boards for several medical journals, and chairs scientific advisory boards for patient advocacy groups and research funding agencies.  He is a frequent essayist for The New York Times and has written 8 books

Miami Book Fair Author "HEAR US: Writing From the Inside During the Time of COVID" Kathie Klarreich is the Executive Director at Exchange for Change. She is also the author of Madame Dread: A Tale of Love and a contributor to two anthologies: So Spoke the Earth and Women, Writing, and Prison. In 2010 she received a Knight International Journalism Fellowship to train journalists in investigative reporting in Haiti, where she spent half of the last 24 years reporting for print, radio and television, including Time, The New York Times, ABC, and NPR. Kathie started facilitating writing workshops in the correctional system in 2009 and began the writing exchanges with academic institutions in 2013. She graduated from the University of Michigan and received her MFA from Leslie University.

Miami Book Fair Author "HEAR US: Writing From the Inside During the Time of COVID" Kathie Klarreich is the Executive Director at Exchange for Change. She is also the author of Madame Dread: A Tale of Love and a contributor to two anthologies: So Spoke the Earth and Women, Writing, and Prison. In 2010 she received a Knight International Journalism Fellowship to train journalists in investigative reporting in Haiti, where she spent half of the last 24 years reporting for print, radio and television, including Time, The New York Times, ABC, and NPR. Kathie started facilitating writing workshops in the correctional system in 2009 and began the writing exchanges with academic institutions in 2013. She graduated from the University of Michigan and received her MFA from Leslie University.

SANDRA NUNES Part 2 Business Name #1: Concierge Lifestyle Website #1: https://conciergelifestyle.us/ Email #1: sandra@conciergelifestyle.us  Business Name #2: Growing With Sandra  Website #2: https://growingwithsandra.com/ Email #2: Team@growingwithsandra.com Telephone Number:  631-848-5599 Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009053000362 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandra_nunes_official/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandralnunes/ Link to Sandra's book's page: https://growingwithsandra.com/about-sandra/ Sandra Nunes is an international best-selling author, aspirational speaker, an entrepreneur and is also known as “The Change Master”. Sandra has a passion for people. She embodies kindness and support through both her professional and personal life. She is the founder of two companies, Growing With Sandra and Concierge Lifestyle. She has served across cultures for private individuals and corporate customers, as a concierge and in cultivating personal growth. She has a dynamic background filled with service and support that allows her to bring a better quality of life to her clients so that they can live the life they've always wanted and deserve.

SANDRA NUNES Business Name #1: Concierge Lifestyle Website #1: https://conciergelifestyle.us/ Email #1: sandra@conciergelifestyle.us  Business Name #2: Growing With Sandra  Website #2: https://growingwithsandra.com/ Email #2: Team@growingwithsandra.com Telephone Number:  631-848-5599 Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009053000362 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandra_nunes_official/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandralnunes/ Link to Sandra's book's page: https://growingwithsandra.com/about-sandra/ Sandra Nunes is an international best-selling author, aspirational speaker, an entrepreneur and is also known as “The Change Master”. Sandra has a passion for people. She embodies kindness and support through both her professional and personal life. She is the founder of two companies, Growing With Sandra and Concierge Lifestyle. She has served across cultures for private individuals and corporate customers, as a concierge and in cultivating personal growth. She has a dynamic background filled with service and support that allows her to bring a better quality of life to her clients so that they can live the life they've always wanted and deserve.

NORMA BLONDIN Telephone Number:   954-448-2970 Email:  blondin440908@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/norma.blondin.96  Norma Blondin was born in Raynosa, Mexico and was raised in Lubbock, Texas. She is a mother of two daughters and grandmother to two. She moved to Dallas in 1988 where she worked in the technical financial arena and then later moved to Florida in 1998 and worked in the mortgage financial industry for a number of years. In addition, she worked with the Miami Community Development Center, helping people of low income means with how to get and keep a home. She currently resides in Texas.

NORMA BLONDIN Email:  blondin440908@gmail.com Norma Blondin was born in Raynosa, Mexico and was raised in Lubbock, Texas. She is a mother of two daughters and grandmother to two. She moved to Dallas in 1988 where she worked in the technical financial arena and then later moved to Florida in 1998 and worked in the mortgage financial industry for a number of years. In addition, she worked with the Miami Community Development Center, helping people of low income means with how to get and keep a home. She currently resides in Texas.

Sandra Nunes is an international best-selling author, aspirational speaker, an entrepreneur and is also known as “The Change Master”. Sandra has a passion for people. She embodies kindness and support through both her professional and personal life. She is the founder of two companies, Growing With Sandra and Concierge Lifestyle. She has served across cultures for private individuals and corporate customers, as a concierge and in cultivating personal growth. She has a dynamic background filled with service and support that allows her to bring a better quality of life to her clients so that they can live the life they've always wanted and deserve.

Link to Sandra's book's page: https://growingwithsandra.com/about-sandra/ Sandra Nunes is an international best-selling author, aspirational speaker, an entrepreneur and is also known as “The Change Master”. Sandra has a passion for people. She embodies kindness and support through both her professional and personal life. She is the founder of two companies, Growing With Sandra and Concierge Lifestyle. She has served across cultures for private individuals and corporate customers, as a concierge and in cultivating personal growth. She has a dynamic background filled with service and support that allows her to bring a better quality of life to her clients so that they can live the life they've always wanted and deserve.