About Sheri Ziemann
I am a freelance travel writer; my work has appeared in numerous local, regional and national publications, including the Chicago Tribune, Parents, Family Time, and other parenting publications, TravelWorld magazine, and a business travel column for Exhibitor magazine. I have written everything from brochures and ad copy to multi-million dollar proposals.
My article, "Merely Bright--or Brilliant?," won the first-ever International Mensa Press Award in 2000. The article appeared in the Chicago Tribune on September 19, 1999.
I was also awarded a journalism fellowship at Vanderbilt University in 1999, on Technology in Education, which boosted my interest in distance learning, particularly for the gifted. My Tribune story, "Tapping into Technology can Energize a Child's Desire to Learn a Language" was one of the offshoots of that experience.
My ten year-old daughter Hope and I have formed a unique Mother-Daughter Review Team; Hope was the youngest writer ever (she was six at the time) to receive a byline in the Chicago Tribune for our "Points of View" story on holiday videos.
I also have a particular interest in writing about families and people with disabilities. With over 100 million Americans suffering from at least one chronic condition such as asthma, heart disease, diabetes and osteoporosis, this ever-growing population's needs for special services will explode very soon!
