Have 16 years experience in newspaper work, educational public relations, and proposal writing. Positions held include having been education writer for San Antonio Express-News; city editor of the Laredo Times (Laredo, TX); associate superintendent for school community relations of the Houston Independent School District; communications consultant with a state education service center helping school districts in preparation of printed materials, planning bond election materials; also preparing proposals for federal grants in education programs while with the education service center. In addition to the work experience with newspapers, public relations/public information agencies and proposal and grant writing noted in the overview section, in the past two years (2008-2009) I have worked as a writer for Four Points Editing and for Meggie Chapman and Associates. These are two companies that provide grant writing services for various agencies. With my experience in writing and inter