As soon as I could read, I loved visiting the library. I’d pore over picture books and leave teetering under a tower of more. I wrote and illustrated my first picture book at age ten, wrapping the cover in clear plastic so that it resembled those library books. Funny!

In high school, I published my first articles as part of the Youth Editorial Board at the Baltimore Jewish Times. I wrote essays, conducted interviews, carried a press pass, and wrote portraits of local celebs. Cool!

After graduating from University of Massachusetts of Amherst, I moved to Manhattan and balanced working full-time with freelance writing. My original articles were picked up by sister-publications and printed in many magazines. Yay!

The biggest event of my life (so far) led me right back to my childhood dream. I gave birth to triplets and, when I read to them, fell in love with picture books all over again! I joined SCBWI and a critique group, started attending conferences, and took workshops to learn as much as I could about writing Kidlit. Still do!

I am a regular contributor to a local magazine, and my publishing credits include three MG short stories on the Amazon app Rapids, creative content for the Highlights Parents website, leveled standardized test texts for New York City’s Department of Education, print and digital brochures for the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, a column called “Mission Mompossible: Raising Multiples and More,” personal essays, and my lifestyle blog Bmore Energy which serves as an online portfolio. I’ve visited schools in person and virtually and, as a Microsoft Guest Educator, have participated in World Read Aloud Day and Skyped with schools in Spain, Canada and the U.S.

This is my 10th year teaching pre-school, and my teaching and writing goals overlap—to inspire wonder and ignite imaginations.

Finding the extraordinary in the ordinary is my personal tagline.

And while I write and teach, I dream. One day, children will borrow my books from the library, turn their pages, and discover stories which open their minds to the beauty in the world.

Fingers crossed!

*Claim to Fame
I was featured in Buzzfeed’s “Jewish Moms Try Each Other’s Brisket” video (over 3.5 million views) and, yes, I cooked a brisket and carried it on a New Jersey Transit train to Manhattan.