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Karen Ulrich

After completing an undergraduate degree in photography, Karen Ulrich chose to travel around the world in search of imagery, life experience, and knowledge. Though she has been writing for as long as she can recall, the need to convey these life experiences as stories inspired her to pursue writing as a full-time endeavor. While working towards her MFA in creative nonfiction at The New School, she taught with Youth Speaks NY (Urban Word NYC), an after-school writing workshop for teens. She has been with Teachers & Writers for six years, and loves to give the gift of writing. Over the course of each residency, she has aided and watched each student develop self-awareness and confidence, as he or she came to master the language of his or her expression. Karen also teaches writing composition at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and conducts writing workshops in memoir. Her book How To Write Your Life Story was published by Reader’s Digest in 2006.

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For more information about school-based writing residencies, professional development sessions, or other workshop opportunities, call 212-691-6590, e-mail workshops@twc.org, or send a fax to 212-675-0171.

T&W’s contract number with NYC’s Department of Education is QC510BY.

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Become a T&W Writer

If you are a writer who wants to teach for Teachers & Writers Collaborative, download and fill out an Application Form and mail it with a copy of your résumé to: Workshops, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 520 Eighth Ave., Ste. 2020, New York, NY 10018. (Note: No résumés will be accepted without the completed application form.)

Writers working with T&W are experienced, dynamic teachers committed to inspiring the love of language and writing in their students. T&W writers have published their work in books and in national magazines such as the New Yorker, Essence, and the New York Review of Books, and they have won many awards. They offer students a glimpse into the life of a writer, and inspire the students to create their own literary art.