DO YOU WANT TO TRAVEL? ARE YOU MAKING TRAVEL PLANS? BIG ANNOUNCEMENT - SOUTH KOREA!

ARE YOU PLANNING TO TRAVEL?  WHY NOT TRY SOUTH KOREA? 

READ MY NEW BOOKS ABOUT SOUTH KOREA!!!  ARE YOU JUST CURIOUS? THIS BOOK IS FOR EVERY TRAVELER!  AVAILABLE ON CREATESPACE.COM, AMAZON.COM, AMAZON EUROPEBY LORI CALBERT/ALEXIS I. DRAGON

KOREA IS FUN AND EXCITING!
As many of you know, I really love South Korea and wanted to make a show about my experiences. That country changed my life! It gave me many exciting and phenomenal experiences that gave me a courage and belief in myself that was transforming.

I have written two books about South Korea, focusing on Seoul and nearby locations.  One book is an adult guide to Korea called, “Bougie in Korea”.  My second is a photograph and informational book for children called, “My Summer in Korea”.    See a synopsis for each book below:

1)      Bougie in Korea: My Guide to South Korea (For Adults) – Book 2 in the Life of Bougie Series

The entire book is funny, informational, and insightful.  It would be a great start for anyone curious about South Korea. CREATESPACE LINK: https://www.createspace.com/4683204

This is a love letter to Korea.  It is part fiction and nonfiction.   The nonfiction part is a guide that talks about different things you can do, see, and eat in Seoul, Korea.  It is taken from my point of view of what I saw and did.  It also shares views about what I have been told by people that I met there and ideas that were inspired by my multiple travels there. 

The fiction part is a continuation from my first book, Bougie in New York, in which the main character, gossip columnist Tina West, has decided to go to South Korea when her life becomes comically complicated in New York.  She falls in love with Korea almost immediately and shares her adventure.

2)        My Summer in Korea – book of photographs and information for children (of all ages - CREATESPACE LINK:  https://www.createspace.com/4683392

This book is filled with my photographs from Korea.  I thought that it would be a great way to show children what Korea is like.  I added text that would allow students to compare and contrast their communities to South Korea.  It is fun and informative and will inspire conversation, whether it’s from teachers with their students or parents with their children.  I have a degree in education and when I read this book to children, they were absolutely enthralled by the amazing information they learned about this country.  Many students wanted to research more about Korea and asked if they could go there.  This book is a great way to introduce this beautiful country.

 3)      Bougie in New York, Second Edition (Book 1 Life of Bougie Series) – The book that started it all! (FOR ADULTS) -CREATESPACE LINK: https://www.createspace.com/4592827

 

This is the first book in the Life of Bougie Series!  It is a book of fiction which is infused with some of the experiences that I’ve had in New York City.  The main character is gossip columnist Tina West. 

Life of Bougie could be described as a combination of the writing styles of Erma Bombeck and Terry McMillan.

Tina West is a gossip columnist/writer who feels most of her experiences are based on two levels of interaction in the world: her identity as a black woman and her identity as an upper-middle class society woman. Sometimes those identities coexist peacefully and at other times, they are at odds in terms of society's reaction to her. Her family is made up of a group of ultraconservative, affluent professionals who can’t understand why Tina would leave her lucrative "real" career to become what they call a bohemian writer. This book deals with her childhood, her first jobs, and her rise to become a celebrity/well-known gossip columnist and writer.

TRY ALL THREE OF THEM! 

TIME SENSITIVE INFORMATION - WANGECHI MUTU!!!

ARTIST AND WORK



STOP THE PRESSES!  ONLY 2 MORE WEEKS FOR YOU TO CATCH THE ART WORK OF

WANGECHI MUTU AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM.

SHE WAS BORN IN NAIROBI, KENYA AND HAS AN MFA FROM YALE UNIVERSITY.

WANGECHI IS AN ARTIST WITH A DEFINITIVE POINT OF VIEW!  AS I DESCRIBE IT: 

 HER VIBE IS OF STRONG, FUTURISTIC, GALACTIC WOMEN WHO DRESS LIKE THEY ARE A PART OF THE MUSIC GROUP PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC.  HER SHOW WAS FRESH AND VIBRANT!   I FOUND MYSELF SEARCHING ALL PARTS OF THE CANVAS.  IT WILL MESMERIZE YOU!

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GO CHECK IT OUT!  TRY IT!!!

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OUR FIRST "AT THE TOP" INTERVIEW - DR. JACQUELYN CALBERT - AT THE TOP - MEDICINE

AT THE TOP

MEDICINE

Dr. Jacquelyn Calbert

Neuro-Developmental Pediatrician

By

Lori A. Calbert,  M.S.Ed 

Dr. Jacquelyn Calbert is a Neurodevelopmental Pediatrician who works for Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. She has traveled around the world lending her expertise in this very specific subspecialty. As per the American Board of Pediatrics, only 255 certificates have been granted in this field (as per statistics through December 2012).

She attended the University of Virginia and received High Honors for her pre-med studies and then graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with her medical degree. She also did a fellowship at Hopkins in which she was able to work under the guidance of medical greats such as Dr. Ben Carson.

Dr. Calbert worked in a variety of roles, which included head of the Neurodevelopmental Department during her 20 year stint in the Navy from which she retired as Commander Calbert.

I was so happy that she took some time out of her busy schedule to talk with me.

Lori (Me - LC): Thank you, Dr. Calbert for interviewing with me today. I am going to get straight to the point - Was it difficult being a female physician in the military?

Dr. Calbert (DC): Well, in the military, there are demands that are difficult for anyone, especially for a woman with a family. I was lucky to have a family that supported me. You have to take assignments that mean that you are away from home, especially when you have to go to a foreign country. I was fortunate to have a spouse that was willing to come with me. I had additional family that would also help with the children. Thankfully, overseas, the military had a childcare center with extended hours.

My spouse left his job multiple times for us to move, including outside of the United States. He had to make these decisions at a critical time in his career.

LC: Describe your specialty.

DC: Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics is a relatively new subspecialty that involves assessment of individuals between 0-21 years of age with neurodevelopmental difficulties, such as attention problems, cerebral palsy, and autism.

LC: What is the biggest challenge you have faced in your field?

DC: My profession often requires an interdisciplinary team and difficulties with medical payment systems makes it hard to work in this way, because it is hard to get compensated adequately. I would love to do multi-specialty evaluations more frequently and be able to create custom treatments. Another challenge I face is that I deal with chronic problems that do not have quick fixes. Some issues such as ADHD, can be helped with medicine, but cerebral palsy and autism obviously are not so easily treated. The biggest breakthrough has been treating ADHD and the increasing variety of medications to treat it.

LC: Why did you leave the military?

DC: I retired after 20 years because it was becoming increasingly difficult to move my family. We had done multiple moves, but the children were approaching high school and college age, so we needed to settle down.

LC: Have any of your children decided to follow in your footsteps?

DC: Well, my daughter is a doctor. She has just started her residency. And my son is enrolled in pre-med classes (biology/biochemistry major). My daughter attended the University of Virginia, my alma mater.

LC: Which occupational achievements are you most proud of?

DC: I am proud of the fact that I was able to establish developmental programs around and outside of the United States. I provided services to many places, such as Iceland, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Okinawa.

I am also proud of forming teams and interdisciplinary service teams, which help to provide the best possible care to children and their families. There tends to be a high divorce rate in the types of scenarios I deal with, but the rates with families cared for by our teams, are quite low.

LC: Which medical achievement would you like to see come true in the next 10 years? Why?

DC: It would be truly amazing to see medicine fully interpret the genetic code in order to know which genes and variants are beneficial, harmful, or are inconsequential. We could customize treatment and become more proactive about the health of our patients. I also believe that there needs to be more studies of post-menopausal women and heart disease. From reading medical journals and talking to colleagues, I see there is very little information about a woman at this stage, when she is the least protected. They don't have the same hormonal support to battle heart disease or myocardial infarctions.

LC: Thank you, Dr. Calbert, for your insight into this new field and your exciting world.