January 15, 2008
Teresa LeYung Ryan
“New Year Circle of Sharing”

Teresa LeYung Ryan, started our year off on the right foot at our January general meeting. Drawing from her own real-life writing experiences and success, Teresa led an energetic and well received brainstorming session geared to setting each of us apart from the crowd and increasing our chances of success in this very competitive arena.

Teresa, co-chair of the Group-Mentoring program for the Peninsula Branch of  CWC, urged us all to: “Get what you want with the help of friends, colleagues, and mentors.” And most of all, she prompted us to be open to opportunities from every quarter. Expect to succeed!

Teresa LeYung Ryan is a manuscript consultant and career coach for writers. She helps her clients identify their themes and polish their manuscripts, market themselves to agents and publishers, and map out their careers. Teresa’s mother-daughter novel, Love Made of Heart, is archived at the San Francisco History Center, recommended by the California School Library Association, and is used in Sociology classes and Advanced Composition/English-as-a-Second-Language classes. As a community member, Teresa advocates compassion for mental illness and she helps survivors of family-violence find their own voices. She is a past-president of CWC Peninsula Branch and the current Literacy Liaison for Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) San Francisco Chapter.