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MEET JACKI LYON
Jacki Lyon is a creative writer, academic coach and tutor who understands the power behind the written word that evokes change and leads to success. She was a writing professor at Xavier University for over fifteen years teaching creative and rhetorical writing.
As a creative writer, Jacki views her craft as a "passionate journey seeking to uncover the internal and external factors that shape humanity.” Her first novel, The Marriage of Silence and Sin, delves into the darkest corners of human nature with courage and honesty. The work was a silver medalist of the Independent Publishers Book award and a semi-finalist of the William Faulkner/William Wisdom Award. Her second novel, Salty Miss Tenderloin, celebrates a young woman who pushes back on the darkness of humanity and discovers her true self. Jacki is working on her third novel, Norberto.
As an academic coach, Jacki's teaching techniques are grounded in understanding and responding to her student's needs and expectations in away that best serves them. She recognizes that people learn and assimilate information in different ways and at different paces. With this in mind, she is continuously assessing and adapting her teaching throughout the instruction process. Before the work begins, Jacki meets with her students to first identify their strengths and weaknesses in writing. Together, they develop narrow and measurable goals to make certain the instruction is successful. She combines her teaching skills, experience with young adults and empathic nature as an academic coach helping students navigate their academics while maintaining a healthy and balanced life.
Before her teaching career, Jacki was in the corporate world for over a decade. With a master’s degree in Health Planning and Administration, she was an Executive Director of a physicians’ organization in Cincinnati. The combination of her teaching and corporate experience centers Jacki with practical application in her work.
In addition to writing and teaching, Jacki designs up-cycled fashion pieces specializing in bomber jackets. She enjoys rugged mountain hiking and distance biking as well as Earth, Wind & Fire and Jane Austen. Most of all, she enjoys hanging out with her daughters, Grace and Margo.