About Dr. Emily Creegan
Dr. Emily Creegan was an instructor and climate change curriculum developer at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth. She founded an earth-cycles education and compost development company, www.theearthdoctor.com. She earned her undergraduate degree in environmental science, a master’s in agricultural sciences, and a PhD in biomass utilization. Her goals are to develop climate change resiliency and mitigation educational programs both nationally and internationally, and empower our next generations to restore balance to our planet.
About Katie Creegan
Katie Creegan honed her writing skills as a technical writer and project manager in high-tech Engineering product-development roles. With a recent Masters in English, her creative passion now is writing and illustrating books about current challenges such as social justice, climate justice, and environmental protection.
She likes to combine justice themes with magical realism in books for children and young adults. Her love of Latin and Native American cultures often appears in her books. With connections in Nicaragua, she first visited Central America and Mexico at age seven and over the years has visited family and friends there again and again.
Drawn on life experiences in Central America, Mexico and California, she weaves together cross-cultural spirituality, dreamland, magical engagements with the spirit world, and her love of Latin and Native cultures, music, and last but not least: chocolate. Divinely delicious and mouthwatering chocolate is the most tempting and craved of all foods, the food of the gods, believed by some to help people strengthen their love for one another and the earth.
Certifications
- Sonoma State University, Master of Arts, English, Creative Writing
- UCSC Professional Certification — Management of Publications, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
- SJSU Professional Certification — Technical Writing, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
- University of Iowa, International Writing Program classes, 2015
- Oregon Coast Children’s Book Writers Workshop, occbww.com, University of the Pacific Professional and Continuing Education, 2012
- PMP (Project Management Professional) and UCSC Project Management Certification
Affiliations
- Sonoma State University, California
- Women’s National Book Association, San Francisco chapter, WNBA San Francisco
- San Francisco Writers Conference, SFWC
- Substitute teacher, SCOE (Sonoma County Office of Education), HRCSD (Hood River County School District)
