STACI R. BACKAUSKAS

fifthgoddess@yahoo.com

www.stacib.com

 LETTERS Member

Genre

Author, Lecturer, Editor, Fiction and Non-Fiction,

Magazine Contributor, Teacher

Education

Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA:  B. A. Journalism

Associations

Southern Poverty Law Center

Hillsborough Ex-Offender Re-entry Network

Miscellaneous

Staci’s mission is showing others how to wake up their souls and uses her diverse experience for any project that is congruent with this mission.  Writing is one of the primary skills Staci uses and she has written seven books, myriad articles, and blogs.  She also writes marketing/promotional materials for businesses and non-profits and consults to identify the right language needed to communicate the message.  A social networking explorer, she uses new media to get the word out about her own work and that of her clients’.  Staci teaches creative writing and has worked with a wide range of audiences including professional women, seniors, teens, and felons. 

Her published works include:

• The Fifth Goddess
• The Nitty Gritty Tool Kit for Career Transition
• Where Fat Girls Haven’t Gone
• Ego:  A Primer

NLAPW

Accepted into NLAPW December, 2004