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About the Author
Janice Elaine Shapiro was born on September 8, 1950, in
Philadelphia, PA. She was a graduate of Northeast High
School, Temple University, and Georgetown University. She
moved to San Francisco in 1978 and worked as a nurse-
midwife at San Francisco General Hospital. After her move
to California, she pursued her lifelong dream of earning a
doctorate in psychology at Northern California Graduate
University. She created a successful private psychotherapy
practice in Noe Valley, which grew and thrived for over
30 years. She was an integral member of the Rhythm and
Motion community at the Oberlin Dance Collective (ODC)
and attended classes six days a week for over 35 years. She
was married for 36 years to Dennis Biroscak and had two
sons, Jesse and Sam. After living with cancer for nearly four
years, she died peacefully on August 30, 2018. She lived with
passion, energy, and humor. She loved life, her family, and
intimate friends.
