Shannon Nephew has been working in research science for nearly 14 years and has also enjoyed various part-time jobs throughout the years as a freelance journalist, college Chemistry professor and high school Chemistry/Physics teacher. Although her B.S. is in Biology and Chemistry and her graduate degree is an M.S.T. in Secondary Education, she is passionate about child/adolescent psychology, devouring books on those topics as fast as she can find them! She has an 11-year old daughter and a 9-year old stepson, who keep her laughing and engaged in lots of fun activities! Her parenting tips, creative suggestions and useful advice have been featured on numerous popular parenting and single-parenting blogs and websites. Contact Shannon at PlattsburghParenting@gmail.com.