RESUME
Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad
2710 South Washington Street
Englewood, CO 80113
303.781.8974 Website: www.loishjelmstad.com lois.hjelmstad@gmail.com
Professional Profile
Author of five award-winning books
National/International Speaker
President/CEO Mulberry Hill Press
Public Speaking
- Presenter in 50 states, DC, Canada and England to such groups as: physicians’ grand rounds, tumor boards, nurses’ in-services, women’s groups, cancer support groups, poetry readings, conferences
- Radio and television speaker on breast cancer and related issues, more than 600 times
- Member of the National Cancer Survivors Day Speakers Bureau, Komen Foundation Speakers Bureau, Day of Caring
- Breast Cancer Journey ©1998, Journey Productions
- Living with Cancer—A Message of Hope, Silverman Communications, Inc.
Publishing
- Fine Black Lines: Reflections on Facing Cancer, Fear and Loneliness
- The Last Violet: Mourning My Mother
- This Path We Share: Reflecting on 60 Years of Marriage
- Abidance: A Memoir of Love and Inevitability
- IMPACT: The Story of Dr. Robert Pace and His Comprehensive Musicianship
- Director of marketing and production
- Developer of marketing strategies
Teaching
- Presenter of workshops on Writing as a Way of Healing (World Conference on Breast Cancer), Musical Creativity (Colorado State Music Teachers Association), as well as various seminars providing CEU and CME
- Music teacher for 40 years; developed nine-year curriculum
- Co-teacher, self-publishing classes at Colorado Free University
- Certified Pace Teacher (International Piano Teaching Foundation)
- Certified Teacher of Music (Colorado State Music Teachers Association)
Publications (partial list)
- American Medical News, April 1994
- Administrative Radiology Journal, September 1994
- Health Progress Magazine, May 1995
- Your Health, October 1995
- PARENTGUIDE, October 1997
- Art.Rage.Us, 1998
- Living in Balance, 2002
Awards
- 2019 Colorado Independent Publishers Association, 1st Place, Memoir plus two 3rds
- 2010 Living Now Book Award, Relationships/Marriage
- 2010 Mom’s Choice Award, Relationships/Marriage
- 2010 Colorado Independent Publishers Association Award, Inspirational
- 2005 Recipient of the Sue Miller Award, Day of Caring, Denver, Colorado
- Colorado Independent Publishers Association 2003 Spiritual/Inspiration Award
- Natural Death Centre, London, 1996 Best Book Award
- Colorado Independent Publishers Association 1994 Best Non-fiction
- Mother of the Year, Englewood Independent (1979)
Other Affiliations, Past and Present
- Colorado Music Teachers Association, First Mennonite Church, Colorado Independent Publishers Association, IBPA, Author U, Wellshire Presbyterian Church