Dr. Pat Hanson - www.invisiblegradparent.com is a seasoned health educator, public speaker, workshop facilitator and writer residing on the Monterey Peninsula. She lectures nationally on Aging Positively and is a columnist for GRANDMagazine.com and Crone: Women Coming of Age (www.cronemagazine.com).

Former co-chair of the Monterey/Santa Cruz chapter of The National Writers Union, she has emceed Open Mikes for Writers monthly for 15+ years. Her first book Invisible Grandparenting: Leave a Legacy of Love Whether You Can Be There or Not came out in November 2013, and the second edition and Audible.com version read by the author was released in June 2015.