Speaking Engagements

Laura is available to speak on many topics including, but not limited to:

Closed Adoption
Climate for unwed mothers in 1960s
Reunion of Adopted Child and Birth Mother
Manifesting outcomes in our lives
How secrets color every aspect of our lives
The writing of my book, You’ll Forget This Ever Happened

Upcoming appearances:

Laura will be speaking at the San Diego Central Library on August 8th as the featured Member of the Month. Discussion on Writing practice and Q&A about my book.

Previous speaking engagements in California:

• Laura spoke at the So Cal Writers Conference on Feb. 18, 2023 – Panel with She Write Press authors – publishing with a hybrid publisher
• Laura spoke at the Julian Library on January 24, 2023 – Class on Writing to Heal and Craft of Memoir.
• Laura spoke on a panel at the San Diego Writers Festival – Oct 1, 2022 – Writing Memoir and Writing about Trauma
• Laura spoke at the San Marcos Library on September 14, 2022 – Class on the Art of Memoir and Writing about Secrets
• Laura spoke at the SDMWA meeting on June 4, 2022 – What I Learned Writing My Memoir
• Women’s Museum of California in San Diego, December 2019
• Book launch of Shaking the Tree 2, Coronado Library: November 6th, 2019
• Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore, San Diego, CA: March 30, 2019
• Barnes and Noble, Grossmont Center, La Mesa, CA: March 16, 2019
• Podcast: “Family Secrets”, with Dani Shapiro… March 28, 2019, iHeart Radio
• Barnes and Noble, Pt Loma, Feb. 16, 2019
• Lakeside Library: February 2019, San Diego Memoir Writers Association membership and reading of Secret Son from Shaking the Tree anthology
• La Mesa Kiwanis: January 2019, topics Relinquishing my Son for Adoption in 1967 (a reading of Secret Son) from Shaking the Tree anthology
• Alpine Library: January 2019, topics  San Diego Memoir Writers Association and reading of Secret Son in Shaking the Tree anthology
• Coronado Library: October 2018, a reading of Secret Son, from San Diego Memoir Writers Association‘s anthology, Shaking the Tree