Separated Lives (Assimacopoulos) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth— April 23, 1939
• Where—Humboldt, Iowa, USA
• Education—B.S.N., University of Minnesota
• Currently—lives in Phoenix, Arizona


Lynn Assimacopoulos: Experienced in hospital ICU, home health, transcultural nursing care, nursing staff development, Red Cross volunteer Director and Nurse/Writer in long term care organization; have written for Nursing Journals, policy and procedure manuals for Nursing, Social Work, Activities, Dietary, Infection Control as well as several health related newsletters; have presented lectures on Cultural Awareness/Cultural Diversity and adult learning; worked with Federal Guidelines regarding consultations and interpretations for long term care facilities in several states; have been writing since 8 years old mainly poetry and short stories; have coordinated many health related workshops, conferences, study groups, refresher courses, seminars; member of National Honor Society, "Best Nursing Class Citizen", United Way "Best Volunteer" Award, received Best Media Award for Excellence in Journalism (Nursing print category); published several poems in book Follow the Piper (2011) and two non-fiction books: I Thought There Was A Road There (2000)- a collection of true life humorous short stories/situations relating to faith in God and current one—Separated Lives (2015). (From the author.)