Carol Marsh

Owner and Health And Wellness Coach @ Carol Marsh Health and Wellness Coaching, LLC

About

Experienced Founder with a demonstrated history of success the nonprofit service world, and in the writing industry. Skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, and Volunteer Management. Strong entrepreneurship professional with a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College. Published author of a memoir (Nowhere Else I Want to Be), and award-winning essayist.

Country

united states

City

washington

Industry

writing and editing

Skill

nonprofits, grant writing, creative writing, fundraising, writing, blogging, volunteer management, proposal writing, event planning, community outreach, copy editing, editing, program development, public speaking, newsletters, press releases, copywriting, nonprofit organizations, research, social media

Experience

writer

2019-6 - Present · 7 yrs 4 mos

founder

forum for growth in service

2016-12 - Present · 9 yrs 10 mos

Forum for Growth in Service is an online school that encourages and supports people who want to serve others authentically, compassionately, and effectively.

founding executive director

miriam's house lynchburg

1992-12 - 2009-12 · 17 yrs 1 mo

Miriam's House, now a part of N Street Village in Washington, DC, is a residence for homeless women living with AIDS.

blogger and writer

writer

2010-6 - Present · 16 yrs 4 mos

* I'm a writer who is passionate about social justice. * Please visit my website (caroldmarsh.com) to learn about my award-winning memoir, "Nowhere Else I Want to Be." It's about some of the years I lived and worked with Washington DC's homeless women with AIDS. * BOOK AWARDS: * Finalist * Indie Excellence Book Awards (2017) * Finalist * Next Generation Indie Book Awards (2017) * ESSAY AWARDS * First Place * New Millennium Writings 41st Literary Nonfiction Award (2016) * Honorable Mention * under the gum tree" Fifth Anniversary Contest (2016) * Honorable Mention * Soundings Review First Publication Contest (2014)

Education

university of delaware

teaching

1973-1 - 1977-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

B.S. in Elementary Education, 1977, with extra study in child development

goucher college

fine arts

2012-1 - 2014-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction, 2014. My thesis was the memoir coming out in November 2016: "Nowhere Else I Want to Be", about the early years of my life and work at Miriam's House - a residence for homeless women with AIDS in Washington DC.