[The Stage is on Fire] is a page-turner in which, much like life, there are no easy answers and yet each step of the journey yields insight and hope. This work of heart must not be missed!
Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.
In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.
I thank you … It is the authenticity of your “class notes”; and it is the delicacy and skill with which you present the nuances of classroom life and the actuality of your students’ and fellow teachers’ lives.
Dr. Felicia Wilson Young – USAID Foreign Service Officer Deputy Director of Programs Human Capitol Talent Management Staff Care Center. She leads USAID in striving to create a twenty-first century work environment where its total workforce feels valued, and where employee resilience, wellness and work-life balance are integral parts of the USAID culture. Before joining USAID, Felicia was a UNESCO Fellow at the International Institute for Educational Planning in Paris, France, and spent a year in South Africa as a Fulbright Scholar. She has a BA in Special Education/Music Education from Trinity College, an MA in Vocal Music Performance (Opera,) and minor in Educational Theatre/Music Business from New York University, an EdS degree in Special Education Leadership and Administration from George Washington University, and a PhD in Education Policy, International Comparative Education, and Education Leadership from Penn State University.
