My Travels with the Big C

Pam, past recipient of Oregon’s Alternative Educator Award, is a retired literature and writing teacher who has taught at the high school and college level, as well as within the Oregon prison system. She has also been a successful free lance technical writer and book editor.

As a three-time cancer survivor, Pam knows first-hand what it is like to face the Big C head-on. She has battled breast cancer, Merkel Cell Carcinoma and most recently, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Pam successfully completed a clinical trial for this incurable disease and has been in remission for 5 years.

She is a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who loves sharing her life experiences with a diverse group of readers. She enjoys playing tennis and visiting the tiny coastal community of Neskowin, Oregon, where she likes nothing better than to walk its sandy beaches, collect seashells, wade in the Pacific Ocean and make new 4-legged friends. Pam cares deeply about gun control, women’s’ rights and the ‘Me Too Movement,’ climate change and social justice.

Presently, she is working on her second book which explores ways to improve teaching and learning in America’s classrooms. Pam lives in Keizer, Oregon, with her husband John.