[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!
Melanie Faith
Creative Writing Teacher, Essayist & Poet.
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.
The Society of Professional Journalists
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.
Maxine Greene
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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Weekly Wide-Awake: Prevention
I started ghostwriting for The Ohio Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Prevention and Promotion in September 2022. As a new entity tasked with building connections within the Ohio prevention field, the Center hit the ground running. I had my running shoes on early on.
In the first six blog posts, we highlighted prevention: the people and organizations, the science and practice, the communities and coalitions. A through line of the posts is hope. The idea that prevention is fundamentally about hope shows up again and again. Prevention is hopeful, and healthy behavior starts with hope. I have learned a lot doing this work. I have been reminded that we are all connected. We all live upstream from one another. What we do with our bodies and minds makes a difference to us both individually and collectively. It is true that effective prevention requires all of us to be involved — expert prevention leaders and engaged community members of all descriptions alike. Importantly, the valuable guide provided by science has been the foundation of each piece. Taking evidence-based action produces positive results — healthy people and communities.
About Katie
Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
