I have always loved to write. As a child I wrote short stories that were published in my school newspaper. As a teenager and young adult, I gravitated toward poetry. It was a creative way to express all those rampant emotions that threaten to capsize a young person’s mind.
At George Washington University, I continued to study creative writing and poetry. I was extremely fortunate to have been one of nine students selected to participate in a semester-long seminar with Peter Meinke, the university’s Poet in Residence. Some of the work I did there was accepted and published by Wooden Teeth, the university magazine.
Soon enough after graduation, reality said hello and I got a job as Founder and Business Manager of the C-SPAN UPDATE. It was a weekly recap of the award-winning cable network’s focus on live coverage of the US House of Representatives and Senate., as well as highlights from the interviews with prominent politicians, policy makers, and others involved in the business of government.
My father, Peter Dominick, settled in the small community of Cherry Hills, Colorado, after serving in WWII as a pilot. I recently published his diary from that experience. It’s called “Flying the Hump: The Wartime Diary of Peter H. Dominick.” It is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
The diary is a daily accounting of his time in the Assam Valley in India, flying aviation fuel and other materiel over the Himalayas, the highest and most dangerous mountains in the world, into China. Air bases were being built there to allow American bombing missions into Japan.
His military experience and legal expertise led him to a life of service through politics. That drive impacted me greatly, as I saw the impact he could have by helping his constituents conquer seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
He served in the Colorado State House of Representatives, the US House of Representatives, the US Senate, and ended his career as Ambassador to Switzerland.
From a very early age I learned how to interact with people from all different walks of life, and most importantly, how to be of service. As a result of that passion, I studied and practiced professionally a Japanese healing art called Jin Shin Jyutsu for fifteen years.
I have a B.A. from George Washington University in American Literature and a Master Degree in International Business from Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management.
I look forward to being of service to you!