I have been a high school English and Journalism teacher for 13 years. I have recently taken a sabbatical from work in order to pursue some other interests I have, including freelance writing. I have been the advisor for my school's newspaper for 10 years and I have had many of my students go into the field of journalism/communications because of me and my enthusiasm for writing the news. Not only have I taught how to write for the news, I have shown my students how to layout and design an award-winning high school newspaper using such tools as Photoshop, InDesign and PageMaker. Along with teaching, I have also worked in the food industry in one of the most popular and busiest restaurants on the East End of Long Island. I have been a catering manager, bartender, server and hostess and I have always enjoyed the fast-paced atmosphere of restaurants. I enjoy food and the preparation of it along with planning an event for someone's special day.