Stefania Shaffer traded a successful career in corporate America for the middle school classroom as an English Language Arts teacher. Fifteen years later she is expanding her role into writing elective curriculum that focuses on college and career readiness. She is the author of the fictional story Heroes Don’t Always Wear Capes about a student finally finding a few extraordinary teachers who become her heroes for life. Her second book is the Memoir 9 Realities of Caring for an Elderly Parent: A Love Story of a Different Kind in which she unveils the gritty realities Boomers will face in this funny, and compassionate account of their daunting role if they are the adult child coming home to care for an elderly parent until the very end. The Companion Playbook (2016), the workbook version, has been created to save those readers precious time from copious note-taking on the Memoir. Currently at work on a 4-book series aimed at middle-grade readers about little mischief-makers in elementary school and how they grow forward with a release anticipated for fall 2017. Her public speaking credits include major San Francisco media on KGO/Ronn Owens, KQED/Michael Krasny, KTVU/Bay Area People and education conferences, including the national Gates Ed Foundation for teacher leaders known as ECET2—Elevating and Celebrating Effective Teachers and Teaching. She lives in Northern California with her family. Learn more about Stefania's books and public speaking by visiting www.stefaniashaffer.com