Our talented Tai Chi student, Susanna Solomon, aka Susanna Van Leuven, is going to be interviewed for the NAMW (National Association of Memoir Writers) on ZOOM by the lovely Linda Joy Meyers.
Susanna’s bio:
“I’ve wanted to be a writer longer than I can remember. As a child of the 50’s, I was not allowed to express anger or despair, so I took to writing in journals and hiding my emotions in my desk. In my twenties, I had wanted to be a writer, and wrote freelance for small local newspapers, until my marriage fell apart and I had to re-order my life.
I went back to school and became an electrical engineer. It took six and a half years, but once I got a job, I asked my husband move out. Because of my career choice, I was able to support myself and my children well into college.
Working in an all-male field, which I had pursued, led to some challenges I did not expect. I had a hard time my first fifteen years as a consulting electrical engineer. Then I opened my own business and for twenty-two years was a big success. With my children grown and out of the house, I again had time to write.”