Andrea Hernandez Holm

The Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP) offers professional certification for vision rehabilitation and education professionals in order to improve service delivery to persons with vision impairments. ACVREP is committed to quality certification programs that meet rigorous recognized standards. Programs are designed to offer certificants the means to demonstrate that professional knowledge and skills that promote the provision of quality service and ethical practice. ACVREP offers certification in three disciplines: Low Vision Therapy, Orientation & Mobility, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapy (formerly Rehabilitation Teaching). Individuals who possess ACVREP certification demonstrate a level of quality and care that is unmatched in the field.

Las Comadres Para Las Americas, a 501(c)(3) organization, is an informal internet-based group that meets monthly in many US cities to build connections and community with other Latinas. Since April of 2000 we have been building relationships, doing business together, helping each other find jobs, sharing news and introducing comadres and learning about/celebrating our Latinidad. We are creating "legacy" programs to provide educational opportunities that lay the foundations of wealth, health, career, and making our voices heard. Join over 10,000 Latinas who connect with their comadres every day. (We are umbrelled by The Austin Community Foundation, also a 501(c)(3). For more info: http://www.austincommunityfoundation.org).

FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program. Our partner is the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. FreeRice has two goals: Provide education to everyone for free. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. This is made possible by the generosity of the sponsors who advertise on this site.

Marcela Landres is the author of the e-book How Editors Think: The Real Reason They Rejected You, and is the Publisher of Latinidad

Michael A. Holm is currently an Eighth Grade Language Arts Teacher at Tortolita Middle School in Tucson, Az. . His current focus on writing instruction is something that he considers extremely fulfilling, but he always jumps at the chance to do writing of his own when the opportunity presents itself. Michael has had a number of poems published in journals and anthologies, and most recently, one of his greatest dreams has become a realization as his first children's book was released in March of 2008 (Little Princess Sadie: A Poem about the Sour Smell of a Lovely Little Lady) As the son of a Cherokee/Muscogee (Creek) father and a Jewish mother, Michael has had a rich cultural upbringing. Although Michael devotes his writing time to different types of fiction, he hopes to have the opportunity to share his unique stories through multicultural children's literature and poetry.

Sowing the Seeds is a collective of women writers in Tucson, Arizona. We've been active since we were founded in 2000 to promote the humanities in our community. Initially we were sponsored by the Southwest Institute of Research on Women (SIROW) at the University of Arizona to receive grant funds from the Arizona Humanities Council and the Stocker Foundation but have been self sufficient since 2001. Besides our meetings to share and critique our writing, we also sponsor quality writing workshops and conferences with known guest facilitators and presenters.

Who am I? I think the name of my blog pretty much sums it up. I have been accused, on more than one occasion, of two things: having in my possession an endless supply of random (and usually trivial) thoughts. The other is that I don't exactly have much common sense. But in this crazy, topsy-turvy world, maybe uncommon sense is just the thing I've needed all along.

A garden should be a place that nourishes and refreshes, not just the body but also the mind and spirit. I hope you enjoy the time you spend here.

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