Joyce Winslow has served as media strategist, speechwriter, and media liaison for the Administrator of Medicare, has worked as vice-president of corporate communication for two nonprofit associations and a Gannett TV station, and was Assistant Director of Proposal Management for Accenture. She is also a published and award-winning author of poetry and short stories and has taught at the University of Pittsburg, Temple University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and locally at The Writer's Center.