Sheila Buska - "What happens to you, happens to me!"

                Humor columnist, freelance writer and author            

                     Erma Bombeck Writers Competition Judge: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009

                 National Society of Newspaper Columnists:

                     Current member

                          Board of Directors - Membership Chair, 2006/2007

                          Web Editor 2005/2006 

                          Interim Editor, The Columnist newsletter, Spring 2005 & Summer 2005

Humor columnist and freelance writer:

     "Up Against It," is a wry but upbeat commentary on daily life that currently runs weekly in The East County Herald and has been appearing in newspapers since 1997.  Formerly appearing as"Smile-breaks," Sheila's columns have been published in:

 The Espresso                                        Del Mar Village Voice

 San Diego County Herald News       Rancho Bernardo Sun                    

 Rancho Santa Fe Review                  The Daily Californian   

 Diamond Gateway Signature            Carmel Valley News

 Sedona Excentric                               Update

 Solana Beach Sun                             Hillcrest News              

Del Mar Times                         

And can also be seen at   Menopause Humor

Sheila's other publishing credits include numerous feature articles and op-ed pieces in:

The San Diego Union-Tribune      American Profile Magazine

 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette                San Diego Seniors

 The Daily Californian                  The Columnist

Author:

     "Time Outs for Grown-ups: 5 Minute Smile-breaks," a collection of fun commentaries on contemporary life, published by CSN Publishers, 2003. See "More about "Time Outs"

Personal

     Sheila loves life and all its frustrations - especially all its frustrations! That's what we share and laugh about. That's how we come together.  Sheila says, "Don't sweat the small stuff - laugh about it!"

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Born: Brewer, Maine, in a year long since forgotten

Grew up in the small college town of Orono, Maine; moved to San Diego as a teenager

Currently living: El Cajon, California - San Diego County

Day job: CFO,  Monarch School Project, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation in partnership with the San Diego County Office of Education to educate and support students who are homeless or at-risk in grades K - 12.

Family: four children, seven grandchildren and one husband, recently deceased

Loves: freeway driving, speaking, loud music, traveling, banana splits and people

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Education

     Writers' conferences annually

     B.S., Accounting, Magna cum Laude, San Diego State University - 1984

     A.A., Liberal Arts, University of San Diego - 1959