Author Biography
Amy L. Abbey holds an MPH from CUNY/Hunter
College, has been a Health Educator since 1987 and a Certified Health Education
Specialist (CHES) since 1991. She is past President of the Greater New York
Society for Public Health Education and has written pieces for Skyline
(the Chapter newsletter) and for
News & Views, the national Society for Public Health Education newsletter.
Amy designed promotional campaigns while employed with the New York State
Department of Health and the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.
Amy’s career as a
Health Educator has afforded her vast experience speaking to both lay and
professional audiences. Her experiences as a bereaved parent have brought her
to the podium as well. She was a panel speaker at the first annual Pregnancy
Loss conference sponsored by Winthrop University Hospital (Mineola, New York,
2002). Amy was a keynote speaker at the Tyler Ford Bialek Foundation annual
fundraiser (NY, 2001). She continues to speak at both pregnancy loss and
pregnancy after loss groups, and including the Long Island chapter of
National
SHARE.
Amy participated
in the Bereavement Track planning committee for the First Candle/SIDS Alliance
second annual conference held in collaboration with the International Stillbirth
Alliance, September 2005. She moderated the “Questions & Answers about
Stillbirth” workshop, whose main presenter was
Dr. Michael Berman,
and spoke at the “Creating Memories” workshop. She also prepared the Continuing
Education packet for Certified Health Education Specialists.
·
Guest Speaker, Kingsborough
Community College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY. March 2006, 2005. courses: Womens
Health Issues; Foundations of Wellness and Fitness.
·
“A Walk to Remember” written for
GAPS Newsletter, National
SHARE Long Island Chapter, November 2005.
·
“A Walk to Remember” written for The Oceanside Herald, October 2005.
·
“Searching
for Solomon” written for GAPS Newsletter,
October 2005.
·
Panel presenter, Light My
Darkness, Bereavement Conference April 2005 (Uniondale, NY – sponsored by the
Office of Laity and Family, Diocese of Rockville Centre, NY.)
·
“Five
Years Ago” written for GAPS Newsletter, March
2005.
·
Planning Committee, Speaker,
A Walk to Remember, March-October 2005.
·
Clips printed in Brain, Child
magazine Spring 2005, Summer 2005.
· Panel Presenter, Pregnancy Loss and Memorial Conference, October 2002.
·
Member, Ryan White CARE Act
HIV/AIDS Network Steering Committee, Nassau Suffolk region, 2001-Present.
Amy actively
pursues other areas to lend her personal and professional expertise. She is
also writing a novel based on her experiences as a bereaved parent.
Daughter, sister, mother, stepmother, friend, bereaved parent, aspiring writer.