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About Our Instructors:
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LeeAnne Krusemark
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LeeAnne Krusemark is an adjunct online Professor of Publishing for Harvard and more than 1,000 facilities worldwide, and is a nationwide speaker on the topics of entrepreneurship and publishing. Her in-person lectures have been offered at more than 200 facilities nationwide, including Purdue, and she has been asked to speak at a Senate-sponsored business conference as well as for the Department of the Army. In addition, LeeAnne has owned a successful award-winning public relations business for more than 20 years and is a Chamber of Commerce past president. She is also a former journalist, editor, and managing editor of newspapers, as well as an author of countless magazine articles and several books, some of which can be found on Amazon. LeeAnne has also recently authored a screenplay that Hallmark has expressed an interest in, and has started representing other writers as an editor and agent. The inspiration she gives to others has even been compared in writing to Oprah! |
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Raymond Mullikin
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Raymond Mullikin is a Cartoonist, Animator, App Developer and Credentialed Teacher. He has published cartoons in books, magazines, newspapers, and e-cards. He has also created animated film shorts for film festivals around the world. |
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Leslie St. John
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Leslie St. John is a self-expression muse, helping people get "unstuck." Using the modalities of yoga, qoya, and writing, she helps people unshackle creativity, feel their bodies as allies, and cultivate more self-intimacy. She is creator of Prose and Poses, a practice of yoga and writing to open creative channels, and offers workshops and retreats along the Central Coast, including her favorite wine country oasis, Sagrada Wellness. She received her MFA from Purdue University, where she served as poetry editor for the Sycamore Review. She is the author of Beauty Like a Rope, a chapbook by Word Palace Press. Her poetry and articles have appeared in Teach.Yoga, Apersus Quartery, Cimarron Review, Crab Orchard Review, Florida Review, Indiana Review, Oxford American, Pinch, Rebelle Society, and Verse Daily. A 500hr RYT, she has studied with Tias Little, Noah Maze, and Rocky Heron. She teaches Writing, Romanticism, and Poetry at Cal Poly, where she facilitated the publication of Unveiling Self: A Collection of Student Memoirs. You can find her writing at a café, hunting vintage shops, or hiking with her dog in San Luis Obispo |
