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Amy went to school at SIU in Carbondale and graduated with honors with a special focus on literacy and language arts.

In her past professional endeavors, she presented for the Illinois Writing Project for a couple of years. Presently, Amy presents for writers’ workshop for her district and as a private consultant. She teaches writing in higher education courses at Aurora University for teachers pursuing their Master's Degrees.

Currently, Amy is teaching a multi-grade group of 4th,5th, and 6th grade students with a Montessori program in Rockford. Her passion for teaching revising and word play keeps her students engaged and motivated to be the best writers possible. Amy teaches all genres and believes in modeling for the students using [|Humor] with poetry emphasis and a specific concentration on nonfiction that inspires students to learn even more.

She is currently working towards being published and is anxious to use her new information from the NIU workshop this week!