Special Author Guest at Women’s Campaign Forum Party of Your Choice Gala, New York, NY, March 11, 2010

Featured author at AAUW Book Discussion, Allentown, PA, February 24, 2010

Featured speaker: “From Invention to Imprint” at Lehigh Valley Writing Project’s Best Practices Conference, Allentown, PA, January 30, 2010

Sacred Heart Hospital Visiting Nurses, Celebrity Speaker, 2008

California State University - Chico Visiting Scholar, 2008

Carlow University Pittsburgh, Center of Social Change, speaker, 2006