The author, Carolyn Ami Ferrante Crymes, was born May 21, 1953, in St. Louis, Missouri. She is a graduate of Our Lady of the Visitation Elementary School, Charles Sumner High School, and Homer G. P...view moreThe author, Carolyn Ami Ferrante Crymes, was born May 21, 1953, in St. Louis, Missouri. She is a graduate of Our Lady of the Visitation Elementary School, Charles Sumner High School, and Homer G. Phillips Hospital School of Radiology Technology in St. Louis.
After living in California, she obtained an associate degree in business from Valencia California’s College of the Canyons. She joined the air force and continued her studies while traveling and living in Abilene, Texas; Osan, Korea; Tokyo, Japan, and the Philippines.
She returned to California after leaving the military in 1983 and began studying acting. She never followed up on that acting dream though because of being busy as a new mother of two sons and a daughter. After relocating to the Atlanta area, Dr. Crymes then decided to pursue her theater aspirations and was in a play at a Buckhead Café in Atlanta, Georgia.
When returning to St. Louis in 1999, she finally completed her BS degree in business from National-Louis University. She also obtained an MBA degree from Webster University, and her doctorate degree from California Pacific University.
With this book and her love for children, she hopes to lead her own children, as well as all others that she can inspire, to achieve a successful future. She does her best to lead by example and hopes that being a good role model will pay off.view less