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MEET OUR WRITERS
AMY BALDWIN, ED.D. is Director
of Student Transitions at the University of Central Arkansas and co-author of a number of books about student success. Amy and her husband are parents of a college junior and a high school senior.
MARLENE KERN FISCHER is a wife, mother and blogger. Her work has been featured on CollegiateParent, Huffington Post, Grown & Flown, Parent & Co., the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop, MockMom and Beyond Your Blog. Her youngest son is a college freshman.
LAUREN HERSKOVIC is Chief Operating Officer at Admissionado, an admissions consulting and mentoring company. Her advice has been featured in The New York Times, Huffington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Cosmopolitan magazine and more.
CONNIE LISSNER is a writer, lawyer, wife and mother of two sons. Connie’s parenting escapades have been featured on Huffington Post, Yahoo Finance, Grown & Flown, Scary Mommy, LifeAfter50, Club Mid, BlogHer and
Not Your Mother’s Book...on Parenting.
VICKI NELSON has nearly four decades experience in higher education as a professor, academic advisor and administrator. Her website, College Parent Central, is a source of bountiful information and support for the families of college students.
STEPHANIE PINDER-AMAKER, PH.D. is director of the College Mental Health Program at McLean Hospital, an instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and an Active Minds National Advisor.
WENDY REDAL is a writer, editor and marketing communications specialist living in Boulder, Colorado. Wendy and her husband are parents of a college student and a recent graduate.
DIANE SCHWEMM is CollegiateParent’s senior editor and content manager. She and her husband have one son in college and two recent graduates.
SUZANNE SHAFFER counsels students and families through her blog, Parenting for College. Her advice has been featured on Smart College Visit, Huffington Post, Yahoo Finance, U.S. News College, TeenLife online magazine, College Focus and Noodle Education.
AMANDA TAYLOR holds a master’s in social work from the University of Denver. She is a licensed clinical social worker in the state of Colorado with a private practice in Boulder where she works with various populations.
KIMBERLY YAVORSKI is a mom of four who writes frequently on the topics of parenting, education, social issues, travel and the outdoors. Her work has been published in Your Teen, Grown & Flown, Her View From Home, Reader’s Digest and more.
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