EFA MEMBER PROFILE:

http://www.the-efa.org/dir/memberinfo.php?mid=11575

Specialties

• Editing for ESL writers: grammar, style, and clarity; conversion to U.S. English
• Educational editing, copy editing, writing, and course development, including ESL and learning disabled.
• APA style and academic editing.
• Technical editing and writing for archaeology, health care, and business.
• Medical editing.
• Romance, mystery, and memoirs.

Experience Highlights

Editing and Publishing                                1988 – present; 100% freelance 2011-present

Editor:

• Overturned Bucket, Rose Spader, Author, 2016, Winner, NM Historic Preservation Division Heritage Publication Award
• Just One More Dog, Abbie Ghini, Author, 2015
• Peninsula/Peninsula, Spanish-English translation. 2012. Hernan Lara Zavala, Author, Dick Gerdes, Translator, via National Endowment for the Arts grant
• Just a Kiss, 2012. Author, Bonnie S. Mata, Finalist, International Latino Book Award, Romance Category

Copy Editor, Proofreader:

• Jack’s Heart, Spanish translation. 2015. Patricia McLinn, Author
• Wyoming Wildflowers Trilogy, Spanish translation. 2013-2015 Patricia McLinn, Author.
• Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Penny Publications, New York, NY, 2011-present
• Thursday Review, www.thursdayreview.com, 2012-present
• Stedman’s Medical Word Book series, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001-2005
• The Beaches Leader and The Ponte-Vedra Sun, Jacksonville Beach, FL, 1989-1990

Archaeological Technical Writer/Editor:

• Lone Mountain Archaeological Services, 2010-present
• Archaeologists Unlimited. 1996-present.

Associate Editor and Contributing Writer:

• Thursday Review, Roving Editor, present
• Plexus Magazine and Journal of the American Association for Medical Transcription, Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity, Assoc. Editor, 2001-2004.
• Oz Magazine, Creative Index, and Georgia: The Total Picture, Associate Editor, 1990-1993

Teacher, Regular & Special Education, ESL 2005-present

• Adjunct faculty, A.T. Still University, Univ. Writing Center, ESL 2014-present
• Copy Editor: Discovery Education, Wisewire, 2016-present
• Subject Matter Expert: e2020 (Edgenuity), O’Donnell & Associates, 2011
• K-12, Spc Ed, endorsed in ESL/TESOL, Classroom teacher, Albuquerque Public Schools, 2005-2010

Health Information Management                         1993-2005

QA Manager, Operations Supervisor, Quality Department Supervisor, Medical Editor.

• Edix/Spheris Operations, Inc., Tampa, FL/Nashville, TN -Remote, 1998-2005
• Natchez Regional Hospital, Natchez, MS 1996
• TransQuick, Atlanta, GA 1993-1995

Associate Editor                                                      1990-1993

• Oz Publications, Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia: The Total Picture, Oz Magazine, Creative Index 

Education

MA. Special Education with Teaching Licensure, ESL, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2011

BA. Anthropology, Religion. Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1989