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Contributors

Jaime V. Habert Sharon Hightower Eva Redding Ava Lepor Dom Gagliardi
Jaime is the Managing Editor of Sharon is a native of California, Eva was born and raised in the A longtime resident of San Dom Gagliardi is a San Diego
San Diego Woman and a free- and has lived in Chicago and Czech Republic. She came to Diego, Ava Lepor is a teach- resident who spent 38 years as
lance writer out of Carlsbad, CA. Guadalajara, MX. She earned Southern California as a stu- er-turned-author. She holds a an educator, administrator, and
She loves to document topics of an MA in Teaehing English as a dent and later met her husband. B.A. in Psychology from UCLA professional developer, where
health and fitness, entrepreneur- Second Language (TESOL) from They have been happily mar- and a Masters in Teaching En- he had the opportunity to write
ship, and body image. CSULA some 20 years ago, but ried for 25 years and live in San glish to Speakers of Other Lan- many articles and curricula. Now
recently completed her MBA at Marcos. Even though English is guages from New York Univer- in retirement, he has resumed his
Point Loma. her second language, she has al- sity. Ava has authored several lifetime pursuit of writing poetry
ways been drawn to exploring books. Follow the author at her and fiction.
it through reading and creative website: cozycloudbooks.com.
writing. Her favorite is writing
poetry, mysteries, and travel ar-
ticles.

Maggie Ramos
Maggie Ramos is a student at
MiraCosta College and is artisti- Shelley Burbank Dr. Laura Purdy (MD):
cally multi talented. She is a great Shelley Burbank is an eclectic
writer, painter and a skilled pho- writer of fiction and nonfic- Debbie Storms Dr. Laura Purdy serves as a
tographer. 760-695-2525. Art- tion. She has been published in Debbie has enjoyed many careers founding partner/National Med-
bymaggieramos@yahoo.com various genres. Learn more on Leigh Singleton from accountant to air traffic con- ical Director for Rise Medical, a
her website at www.ShelleyBur- troller. She believes life is an adven- first-of-its-kind community of
bank.com. Leigh Singleton is the Director ture to be lived to its fullest. Her medical professionals and sexual
of Financial Education at Monifi passion for travel has taken her wellness experts dedicated to the
Online Bank and a public speak- to many parts of the world. She is personalized treatment of vitality
er and trainer for 20+ years in now focusing on writing about her issues through integrative care.
the corporate and community travels and interviewing entertain- Learn more at RiseMedical.com.
environment. She works to build ers, which is a great combo!
financial education programs
that provide users with online
content and workshops where
Dawn Nicoli she can share her knowledge of
building one's financial assets
For over 20 years Dawn has and savings strategies.
owned and operated Nicoli Gerald Neff
Productions, an environmen- With more than 40 years living
tal portrait studio, run out of her and working in South Ameri-
two-acre property in Escondido. ca in the agriculture and forestry Rachel Gersten
Starting a new chapter of her life, business. topped off with 25 years
when serenity has become so im- in the U.S. Embassy and Peace Barbara J. Brown, Ph.D., Rachel is a licensed therapist and
portant, Dawn spends her time Corps. His writing experience Psychologist at Rise Medical co-founder of Viva, a multi-city
in her palapa tree house explor- includes local publications and Barbara J. Brown, Ph.D., is the mental health & wellness prac-
ing the world of writing. years of U.S. Embassy reports. Founder and Owner of Capitol- tice. She believes that wellness
Gerald Neff can be contacted at Hill Consortium for Counsel- looks different on everyone and
760 796 4877. Laya Grace Aichle ing & Consultation, LLC (CCCC is dedicated to Viva's mission of
making therapy more accessi-
Laya Grace Aichle currently at- LLC). She is a licensed psychol- ble and individualized. Rachel
ogist has worked in public and
tends Lincoln Middle School private mental health agencies, strongly believes in a holistic
with her identical twin sister hospitals, and universities for approach to mental health and
Lana. She’s been writing since over 30 years. healthcare in general.
she was in second grade and en-
joys watching and performing
in musical theater. She’s prac-
Charles Illingworth ticed and perfected her writing
in countless google docs and is
Charles frequently writes hu- proud — but very nervous — to
morous and heartwarming short present her pieces to the public
stories, and is often quite full of Stephanie Lee for the first time. Although her
himself. He seems to take pride Stephanie Lee is a Weight Loss future is bright ahead of her, she
in embarrassing his kids and Behavior Coach who assists her gets very nervous thinking about
grandchildren whenever he can. clients in simplifying and clari- it, whether it’s just planning an-
In addition to writing numerous fying where their individual fo- other babysitting gig or figuring Tom Mathews Debra Zachau
satirical articles for a local news- cus needs to go on their unique out where to go for high school! Tom Mathews is co-author of the Debra Zachau is a spiritual teach-
paper, as well as authoring two journey to a leaner, healthier, She hopes readers find her writ- book ‘How Money Works.’ He is er, reader, author and speaker
very well written books, so he and joyful life by creating posi- ing inspiring, like she did when a Certified Financial Educator who makes her home in San Di-
says, his goal is to bring joy and tive and lasting behavior change she was younger. Learning from who is on a mission to bring fi- ego. She offers a video course for
contentment into his reader's life. specific to that person. For more other authors helped guide Laya’s nancial literacy to the world. To those who want to Learn Tarot
He writes under the byline C F information, visit www.thelee- writing, and she feels truly bless- learn more go to www.howmon- Once and for All. Call/text
Illingworth. method.com ed to share it with you. eyworks.com 760-622-1881 with questions.