DEANNE BROWN
Writer, mother, instructor and rock star!
"It is the writer who might catch the imagination of young people, and plant a seed that will flower and come to fruition”…Isaac Asimov

This fall Deanne will be teaching Essentials of Effective Writing and more. If you are interested in a class customized for your child please contact her.
Deanne Brown is a writer, mother, breast cancer survivor, and lead singer in a rock band.  With a tattoo of a phoenix on her left shoulder, this bird rising from the flames is more than a symbol of the city from which she hails.  It is a symbol of her spirit.  As a graduate from The University of Arizona, she landed a job as a writer, trainer and computer programmer for Analytical Management Techniques, Inc. A few years later, with the love of kids and learning in mind, she opened a day care and Pre-school only to find herself moving to California soon after with her husband and three kids where she began a 12 year venture in homeschooling.  Deanne’s unique philosophy on education made the front page of the Chicago Tribune, the California Homeschooler and taught Dr. Phil and the hosts of The Talk a thing or two about parenting. Today, her oldest is working towards an Engineering degree. Her second, both writer and drummer, graduated from the Orange County School of the Arts Commercial Music Conservatory, and her youngest is entering the same school this fall for Creative Writing.  Whether Deanne is homeschooling, carpooling, training for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for a Cure, or writing her anthology about her adventures in breast cancer, she emerges wiser, stronger and more empowered to find a better way of life.  Last year, she hit the road fundraising with The Mammary Chronicles, a two woman show with Raundi Moore Kondo, promoting their co-authored Chap Book, “The Hills are Alive,” while spreading love and awareness about breast cancer.  Today she is a published writer contributing to Esteem Yourself E-Magazine and Kris Carr’s Crazy Sexy Life.  She has also taught homeschooling history classes, facilitated book groups and ran workshops at the California HSC conference.  Appearing on the Live Big with Ali Vincent Show sharing her story was her latest exploit. You can read about some of her greatest adventures with her family, friends and all-girl band “Daisy Chain” in her blog www.Theyesmom.com. ​
Esteem Yourself E-Magazine - Find Your Wonder Woman Within (The Yes Mom Way) 
http://esteemyourself.blogspot.com/2011/12/find-your-wonder-woman-within-yes-mom.html

Kris Carr Home of the Crazy Sexy Wellness Revolution - “Music Has Charms to Soothe a Savage Breast”
http://kriscarr.com/blog/music-has-charms-to-soothe-a-savage-breast/

Chicago Tribune article - “For these kids, school is always out; Method of home schooling allows children to learn by pursuing their interests rather than set curriculum” March 12, 2006|By Vincent J. Schodolski, Tribune national correspondent. Tribune staff reporter Mary Ann Fergus in Chicago contributed to this report.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-03-12/news/0603120371_1_unschooling-home-schooling-education-experts-estimate  
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Dr. Phil Show – “The Great School Debate “
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co8UbJE4Ucw

Dirtcakes Literature and Art in (re)spite of - The Mammary Chronicles: Bearing Breasts Tour 
http://dirtcakes.org/2013/01/15/the-mammary-chronicles-bearing-breasts-tour/

Live Big with Ali Vincent Show on The Live Well Network
http://livewellnetwork.com/Live-Big-with-Ali-Vincent/episodes/Complete-Episode:-LWAV1214/9480118