Suzanne Skees
Author, Editor (anthology) | San Francisco, California/USA |
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Suzanne has published Books 1 and 2 of the series: MY JOB: Real People at Work Around the World (amazon.com/My-Job-People-Around-World/dp/0996295100 and amazon.com/My-Job-People-Around-World/dp/1626345864), collections of first-person narratives by taxi drivers, midwives, musicians, technologists, and more, across the U.S. and.... more
Suzanne has published Books 1 and 2 of the series: MY JOB: Real People at Work Around the World (amazon.com/My-Job-People-Around-World/dp/0996295100 and amazon.com/My-Job-People-Around-World/dp/1626345864), collections of first-person narratives by taxi drivers, midwives, musicians, technologists, and more, across the U.S. and around the world. All proceeds from the book fund job-creation programs to end poverty. Get updates at myjobstories.org, and stay tuned for Book 3 in 2020!
Suzanne also serves as founder/board chair of the Skees Family Foundation (skees.org), which supports innovative self-help programs in the U.S. and developing countries in education and job creation. She studied English literature (Boston College) and world religions (Harvard Divinity School).
Writing for online and print media, she travels from schools to slums, prisons to farms, serving as a storyteller for nonprofit workers, social entrepreneurs, and their courageous clients, who toil every day to end poverty and create equality. Find her stories on blogs “Seeds of Hope (skees.org/stories)” and the MY JOB book blog “Job Talk (myjobstories.org/job-talk)."