Meet the Baby Hearts Press
Writer’s Doula Partners
Anna Jaworski
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Anna Jaworski is a heart mom, author, publisher, public speaker, and podcaster. Anna’s professional experience began when she became a teacher of the deaf and hard-of-hearing. With a Master’s Degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio in speech pathology, Anna felt well-prepared to help children with special needs, but she never expected her own child to be the person who most benefitted from her years of education and training.
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Anna is the author and publisher of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Handbook for Parents, Mom’s Choice Award Winner, My Brother Needs an Operation, The Heart of a Mother, The Heart of a Father, and soon-to-be-released, The Heart of a Heart Warrior. Anna has also written for other books, magazines, journals, and blogs.
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Anna is willing to provide the following services:
Structural Editing
Developmental Editing
Line Editing
Proofreading
Weekly Meeting/Brainstorming Sessions
Administrative Services
Marketing/Book Promotion Services
Beta Reader
Frank Jaworski
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Frank Jaworski, CRNA, is an advanced practice care nurse. As a nurse anesthetist for the last 23 years, he treats patients with a variety of medical conditions. Before becoming a nurse anesthetist, he was an ICU nurse and before that he worked in the emergency room as a nurse. His introduction to the field of medicine was as a paramedic working on an ambulance. Having a child with a single ventricle heart gave Frank an opportunity to see the field of medicine in a whole new way.
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Frank was the illustrator for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Handbook for Parents. He was also a contributor to The Heart of a Father. Frank is also a Distinguished Toastmaster and has given presentations for work and for the Toastmasters community. He has also been a speech competitor and even won the District 55 Evaluation Contest.
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Frank is willing to provide the following services:
Medical Technical Editing
Proofreading
Coaching for going on a podcast/radio/television
Beta Reader
Hope Jaworski
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Hope Jaworski was born with a single ventricle heart and has had both a Fontan Procedure and a Fontan revision, as well as other surgical procedures. Hope has been writing for publication since she was a youngster and is currently working on a fantasy series. Hope contributed to The Heart of a Heart Warrior which will be published in 2023.
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Hope has an Associate’s Degree in Robotics from Texas State Technical College. She earned her Competent Communicator designation from Toastmasters, International. She has been working as a pharmacy tech for the last 8 years. Hope has experience with Microsoft Word and Scrivener and has worked on both PC and Mac platforms.
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Hope is willing to provide the following services:
Structural Editing
Developmental Editing
Line Editing
Proofreading
Weekly Meeting/Brainstorming Sessions
Beta Reader (Hope is a voracious reader!)
Amy M. Lee
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Amy M. Le is an Asian-American woman who was born with a congenital heart condition. She has an amazing story of escaping war-torn Vietnam to come to the USA for life-saving surgery which she has used as the basis for her first three books. She created Quill Hawk Publishing, a hybrid publisher, to help other indie authors tell their stories while retaining full rights to their works. She is the author of Snow in Vietnam, Snow in Seattle, and Snow’s Kitchen, as well as The Copper Phoenix.
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Amy M. Le had years of experience in the corporate world before her mother became ill and passed away. It wasn’t until Amy’s mother, Snow, died that she felt a yearning to learn even more about her mother’s life. It was through researching, interviewing, and traveling to get answers about her mother’s past, that Amy decided that the world needed to know her mother’s story. That’s when she decided to become an author and she hasn’t stopped hustling since! Now in addition to writing her own books, she is helping other indie authors learn about the publishing process through her company, Quill Hawks Press.
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To see the services Amy offers, please visit her website Quill Hawks Press.
Jenny Muscatell
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Jenny Muscatell is a heart mom and the author of “The Journey of Faith and An Open Heart.” She is CEO of Valiant Works Publishing. Jenny is the creator and Editor-in-Chief of “CHD Magazine” available through The Heart Community Collection.
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Jenny Muscatell specializes in graphic design and has worked closely with large corporations, nonprofits, and a variety of industry professionals providing design services to help others achieve their branding and marketing goals. You can learn more about her services on her website.
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Jenny is willing to provide the following services:
Graphic Design
Web Design
Cover Design
Book Design
To learn more visit Jenny’s website
Laura Redfern
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Laura F. Redfern, CFP® earned her Certified Financial Planner™ designation in 2011, after working for over 10 years in the financial services industry. Most recently, she has become a Certified Financial Transitionist ®. An experienced speaker and trainer, Laura educates and inspires individuals, especially women, to become confident in making financial decisions.
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Laura Redfern is the author of soon-to-be-released Peaceful Prosperity: Taking the Fear Out of Finance. She writes regularly for the Shadowridge Newsletter and their blog, and she’s been featured on a variety of podcasts where she talks about financial topics.
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Laura is willing to provide the following services:
Line Editing
Proofreading
Weekly Meeting/Brainstorming Sessions
Beta Reader
Lauren Elizabeth
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Lauren England was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and transposition of the greater arteries. She had the Fontan Procedure at 18 months and battles tachycardia. Lauren has been interested in graphic design and photography since 2010. Lauren contributed to The Heart of a Heart Warrior which will be published in 2023.
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Lauren graduated from the College of Biblical Studies in 2015 with her Bachelors of Science in Biblical Studies. She also has worked as a freelance graphic designer since around 2012. Lauren has experience in Adobe Photoshop, Indesign and Illustrator as well as in Canva and Squarespace.
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Lauren is willing to provide the following services:
Social Media Graphics
Book Cover Design
Book Formatting
Branding
Promotional Design
Squarespace Creation
Photography Edits
Beta Reader
Margaret Raymond
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Margaret Ellis Raymond was born with tricuspid atresia, a congenital heart condition. Margaret holds a copyediting certificate from UC Berkeley and has completed a developmental editing course at UCLA. Her undergraduate degree is in psychology and she has years of experience in the field of education which allows her to provide thoughtful, yet effective feedback to build authors’ confidence and strengthen their writing. She’s taught creative writing courses at the YMCA and adult education programs in the state of Maine that specialize in developing character motivation and a strong first chapter.
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Margaret Ellis Raymond is an author, an editor, and a YouTuber. She has authored a series of books called The Buttercup Adventures and is currently working on a contemporary sci-fi novel for young adults. You can read more about her on her website, M.E.R. Editing.
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To see the services Margaret offers, please visit her website M.E.R. Editing.
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Sheri Turner graduated from Gordon College with her Bachelor of Arts Degree in English. She is also the mother of four. Her son, Thomas, was born with HLHS. She created an organization called The Massachusetts Heart Coalition aimed at creating partnerships between nonprofit organizations to offer awareness and information to those affected by congenital heart defects. As a result, Sheri has done public speaking in various venues and did advocacy work at both the state and federal levels for those in the United States with congenital heart defects.
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Sheri was a reporter for the Beverly Times in Beverly, Massachusetts. Sheri was the dedicated scriptwriter for Bereaved But Still Me during its first season (formerly known as Heart to Heart with Michael: A Podcast for the Bereaved Community) and she has also been a guest on podcasts, radio, and television. She has also assisted Baby Hearts Press on a variety of other book projects.
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