I’ve been telling stories for forty years.  After teaching storytelling at Southern Oregon University for thirty years, I now travel nationwide to perform and lead storytelling and writing workshops.  In 2004 I received my MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and then wrote my memoir, Bringing Bubbe Home, a Memoir of Letting go Through Love and Death.  My latest project is a collaboration with a group of Maggidot (Jewish women storytellers.) In response to the lack of strong female characters in Jewish tales, we’ve created The Rooster Princess and Other Tales, Jewish Stories Repopulated with Spunky Heroines, Wise Women, Brave Crones, and Powerful prophetesses.

I’ve appeared at the National Storytelling Festival and have been a keynote speaker at dozens of women’s conferences, where my stories of strong female protagonists are featured. My CD, “Return Again: Stories of Healing and Renewal,” features a unique combination of personal narrative blended with Jewish folktales.

In addition to the two books, my stories have been published in anthologies including the Cup of Comfort series, Chosen Tales, Stories told by Jewish Storytellers, and Mitzvah Stories. Two of my memoir pieces and an author interview are featured on the flash-fiction website, “Curly Red Stories,” and my story, “Diving for Love” was a finalist in the Redbook Magazine “Your Love Story” contest.

My husband, Rabbi David Zaslow, and I lead inspirational services and programs at Jewish communities throughout the country and we lead a Maggid training program, guiding students to be certified Jewish storytellers and Torah teachers.

David and I live in Ashland, Oregon, where we are enjoying semi-retirement. We have two grown children, and the three cutest grandchildren in the world.