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Creative Corner

Studies have shown that the arts improve our mental and emotional health, our critical and creative thinking, test scores, academic performance (math, reading, and science), and consequently our lives. At MPE, we offer programming in the arts as a way to enhance educational activities and to help people of all ages have more fulfilling lives.

Our team at MPE includes stellar creative professionals with backgrounds in education. Whether you’ve always wanted to write a memoir or to introduce your younger child or teenager to creative writing, acting, dance, visual arts, or piano, we are here for you. Our services are available remotely in both private and small group settings, as well as in person whenever it is deemed safe to do so.

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    SHARON COOPER is an award-winning educator, a former English teacher, an internationally produced and published playwright, and an expert writing and executive function coach for young people and adults. Over the last twenty years, Sharon has coached countless people in New York City, as well as nationally and internationally online. She is an expert at both helping people become better writers and providing executive function support. Her passion for writing and compassion as a tutor allows people to grow and gain confidence. In New York City, she has tutored students from Browning, Sacred Heart, Dalton, the U.N. School, Horace Mann, Riverdale, and more on their analytical and creative writing, admissions essays, and general study skills. As a seventeen-year-old in Chesterfield, Virginia, Sharon wrote her first full-length play in nine consecutive nights and won a state-wide competition that resulted in a workshop and professional staged reading. She’s been writing ever since. Sharon’s plays have been produced in India, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, Australia, and across the U.S. She is published in The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Reading Literature and Writing Argument, Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays, and The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Her work is taught on college campuses around the country, and she is a regular guest professor/teaching artist in high schools and colleges. Sharon believes our lives need balance. She has been teaching yoga for nearly twenty years. She trained at Integral Yoga Institute in Hatha Yoga and has worked with people privately and in groups, large and small; she has taught chair yoga, gentle yoga, Hatha Yoga for the general population, yoga for high school athletes, prenatal/postpartum yoga, relaxation/meditation techniques, and more. Before moving to New York City, Sharon attended Longwood University, known in the south as a teachers’ college, where she studied English, Theatre, and Secondary Education. She won the prestigious Sallie Mae Award at Henrico High School’s Center for the Arts, where she taught English, Creative Writing, and Public Speaking, and directed plays. In New York, Sharon directed ten plays at the Browning School for Boys, where she worked with young people from various Independent Schools and was in charge of every aspect of the productions. Sharon taught English at Convent of the Sacred Heart, where, in addition to teaching analytical and creative writing, she introduced leadership and diversity training for the Independent School community. Sharon has an MA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, where she designed a degree entitled “Writing as a Means to Create Social Change.” As a filmmaker, she’s made two award-winning short films and has film/tv writing projects in various stages of development. With a background in education, yoga, professional writing, and leadership training, Sharon considers the wide variety of needs of everyone who works with her. www.sharonecooper.com
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    SHARON COOPER is an award-winning educator, a former English teacher, an internationally produced and published playwright, and an expert writing and executive function coach for young people and adults. Over the last twenty years, Sharon has coached countless people in New York City, as well as nationally and internationally online. She is an expert at both helping people become better writers and providing executive function support. Her passion for writing and compassion as a tutor allows people to grow and gain confidence. In New York City, she has tutored students from Browning, Sacred Heart, Dalton, the U.N. School, Horace Mann, Riverdale, and more on their analytical and creative writing, admissions essays, and general study skills. As a seventeen-year-old in Chesterfield, Virginia, Sharon wrote her first full-length play in nine consecutive nights and won a state-wide competition that resulted in a workshop and professional staged reading. She’s been writing ever since. Sharon’s plays have been produced in India, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, Australia, and across the U.S. She is published in The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Reading Literature and Writing Argument, Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays, and The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Her work is taught on college campuses around the country, and she is a regular guest professor/teaching artist in high schools and colleges. Sharon believes our lives need balance. She has been teaching yoga for nearly twenty years. She trained at Integral Yoga Institute in Hatha Yoga and has worked with people privately and in groups, large and small; she has taught chair yoga, gentle yoga, Hatha Yoga for the general population, yoga for high school athletes, prenatal/postpartum yoga, relaxation/meditation techniques, and more. Before moving to New York City, Sharon attended Longwood University, known in the south as a teachers’ college, where she studied English, Theatre, and Secondary Education. She won the prestigious Sallie Mae Award at Henrico High School’s Center for the Arts, where she taught English, Creative Writing, and Public Speaking, and directed plays. In New York, Sharon directed ten plays at the Browning School for Boys, where she worked with young people from various Independent Schools and was in charge of every aspect of the productions. Sharon taught English at Convent of the Sacred Heart, where, in addition to teaching analytical and creative writing, she introduced leadership and diversity training for the Independent School community. Sharon has an MA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, where she designed a degree entitled “Writing as a Means to Create Social Change.” As a filmmaker, she’s made two award-winning short films and has film/tv writing projects in various stages of development. With a background in education, yoga, professional writing, and leadership training, Sharon considers the wide variety of needs of everyone who works with her. www.sharonecooper.com
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    SHARON COOPER is an award-winning educator, a former English teacher, an internationally produced and published playwright, and an expert writing and executive function coach for young people and adults. Over the last twenty years, Sharon has coached countless people in New York City, as well as nationally and internationally online. She is an expert at both helping people become better writers and providing executive function support. Her passion for writing and compassion as a tutor allows people to grow and gain confidence. In New York City, she has tutored students from Browning, Sacred Heart, Dalton, the U.N. School, Horace Mann, Riverdale, and more on their analytical and creative writing, admissions essays, and general study skills. As a seventeen-year-old in Chesterfield, Virginia, Sharon wrote her first full-length play in nine consecutive nights and won a state-wide competition that resulted in a workshop and professional staged reading. She’s been writing ever since. Sharon’s plays have been produced in India, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, Australia, and across the U.S. She is published in The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Reading Literature and Writing Argument, Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays, and The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Her work is taught on college campuses around the country, and she is a regular guest professor/teaching artist in high schools and colleges. Sharon believes our lives need balance. She has been teaching yoga for nearly twenty years. She trained at Integral Yoga Institute in Hatha Yoga and has worked with people privately and in groups, large and small; she has taught chair yoga, gentle yoga, Hatha Yoga for the general population, yoga for high school athletes, prenatal/postpartum yoga, relaxation/meditation techniques, and more. Before moving to New York City, Sharon attended Longwood University, known in the south as a teachers’ college, where she studied English, Theatre, and Secondary Education. She won the prestigious Sallie Mae Award at Henrico High School’s Center for the Arts, where she taught English, Creative Writing, and Public Speaking, and directed plays. In New York, Sharon directed ten plays at the Browning School for Boys, where she worked with young people from various Independent Schools and was in charge of every aspect of the productions. Sharon taught English at Convent of the Sacred Heart, where, in addition to teaching analytical and creative writing, she introduced leadership and diversity training for the Independent School community. Sharon has an MA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, where she designed a degree entitled “Writing as a Means to Create Social Change.” As a filmmaker, she’s made two award-winning short films and has film/tv writing projects in various stages of development. With a background in education, yoga, professional writing, and leadership training, Sharon considers the wide variety of needs of everyone who works with her. www.sharonecooper.com
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    SHARON COOPER is an award-winning educator, a former English teacher, an internationally produced and published playwright, and an expert writing and executive function coach for young people and adults. Over the last twenty years, Sharon has coached countless people in New York City, as well as nationally and internationally online. She is an expert at both helping people become better writers and providing executive function support. Her passion for writing and compassion as a tutor allows people to grow and gain confidence. In New York City, she has tutored students from Browning, Sacred Heart, Dalton, the U.N. School, Horace Mann, Riverdale, and more on their analytical and creative writing, admissions essays, and general study skills. As a seventeen-year-old in Chesterfield, Virginia, Sharon wrote her first full-length play in nine consecutive nights and won a state-wide competition that resulted in a workshop and professional staged reading. She’s been writing ever since. Sharon’s plays have been produced in India, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, Australia, and across the U.S. She is published in The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Reading Literature and Writing Argument, Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays, and The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Her work is taught on college campuses around the country, and she is a regular guest professor/teaching artist in high schools and colleges. Sharon believes our lives need balance. She has been teaching yoga for nearly twenty years. She trained at Integral Yoga Institute in Hatha Yoga and has worked with people privately and in groups, large and small; she has taught chair yoga, gentle yoga, Hatha Yoga for the general population, yoga for high school athletes, prenatal/postpartum yoga, relaxation/meditation techniques, and more. Before moving to New York City, Sharon attended Longwood University, known in the south as a teachers’ college, where she studied English, Theatre, and Secondary Education. She won the prestigious Sallie Mae Award at Henrico High School’s Center for the Arts, where she taught English, Creative Writing, and Public Speaking, and directed plays. In New York, Sharon directed ten plays at the Browning School for Boys, where she worked with young people from various Independent Schools and was in charge of every aspect of the productions. Sharon taught English at Convent of the Sacred Heart, where, in addition to teaching analytical and creative writing, she introduced leadership and diversity training for the Independent School community. Sharon has an MA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, where she designed a degree entitled “Writing as a Means to Create Social Change.” As a filmmaker, she’s made two award-winning short films and has film/tv writing projects in various stages of development. With a background in education, yoga, professional writing, and leadership training, Sharon considers the wide variety of needs of everyone who works with her. www.sharonecooper.com
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    SHARON COOPER is an award-winning educator, a former English teacher, an internationally produced and published playwright, and an expert writing and executive function coach for young people and adults. Over the last twenty years, Sharon has coached countless people in New York City, as well as nationally and internationally online. She is an expert at both helping people become better writers and providing executive function support. Her passion for writing and compassion as a tutor allows people to grow and gain confidence. In New York City, she has tutored students from Browning, Sacred Heart, Dalton, the U.N. School, Horace Mann, Riverdale, and more on their analytical and creative writing, admissions essays, and general study skills. As a seventeen-year-old in Chesterfield, Virginia, Sharon wrote her first full-length play in nine consecutive nights and won a state-wide competition that resulted in a workshop and professional staged reading. She’s been writing ever since. Sharon’s plays have been produced in India, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, Australia, and across the U.S. She is published in The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Reading Literature and Writing Argument, Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays, and The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Her work is taught on college campuses around the country, and she is a regular guest professor/teaching artist in high schools and colleges. Sharon believes our lives need balance. She has been teaching yoga for nearly twenty years. She trained at Integral Yoga Institute in Hatha Yoga and has worked with people privately and in groups, large and small; she has taught chair yoga, gentle yoga, Hatha Yoga for the general population, yoga for high school athletes, prenatal/postpartum yoga, relaxation/meditation techniques, and more. Before moving to New York City, Sharon attended Longwood University, known in the south as a teachers’ college, where she studied English, Theatre, and Secondary Education. She won the prestigious Sallie Mae Award at Henrico High School’s Center for the Arts, where she taught English, Creative Writing, and Public Speaking, and directed plays. In New York, Sharon directed ten plays at the Browning School for Boys, where she worked with young people from various Independent Schools and was in charge of every aspect of the productions. Sharon taught English at Convent of the Sacred Heart, where, in addition to teaching analytical and creative writing, she introduced leadership and diversity training for the Independent School community. Sharon has an MA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, where she designed a degree entitled “Writing as a Means to Create Social Change.” As a filmmaker, she’s made two award-winning short films and has film/tv writing projects in various stages of development. With a background in education, yoga, professional writing, and leadership training, Sharon considers the wide variety of needs of everyone who works with her. www.sharonecooper.com
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    SHARON COOPER is an award-winning educator, a former English teacher, an internationally produced and published playwright, and an expert writing and executive function coach for young people and adults. Over the last twenty years, Sharon has coached countless people in New York City, as well as nationally and internationally online. She is an expert at both helping people become better writers and providing executive function support. Her passion for writing and compassion as a tutor allows people to grow and gain confidence. In New York City, she has tutored students from Browning, Sacred Heart, Dalton, the U.N. School, Horace Mann, Riverdale, and more on their analytical and creative writing, admissions essays, and general study skills. As a seventeen-year-old in Chesterfield, Virginia, Sharon wrote her first full-length play in nine consecutive nights and won a state-wide competition that resulted in a workshop and professional staged reading. She’s been writing ever since. Sharon’s plays have been produced in India, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, Australia, and across the U.S. She is published in The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Reading Literature and Writing Argument, Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays, and The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Her work is taught on college campuses around the country, and she is a regular guest professor/teaching artist in high schools and colleges. Sharon believes our lives need balance. She has been teaching yoga for nearly twenty years. She trained at Integral Yoga Institute in Hatha Yoga and has worked with people privately and in groups, large and small; she has taught chair yoga, gentle yoga, Hatha Yoga for the general population, yoga for high school athletes, prenatal/postpartum yoga, relaxation/meditation techniques, and more. Before moving to New York City, Sharon attended Longwood University, known in the south as a teachers’ college, where she studied English, Theatre, and Secondary Education. She won the prestigious Sallie Mae Award at Henrico High School’s Center for the Arts, where she taught English, Creative Writing, and Public Speaking, and directed plays. In New York, Sharon directed ten plays at the Browning School for Boys, where she worked with young people from various Independent Schools and was in charge of every aspect of the productions. Sharon taught English at Convent of the Sacred Heart, where, in addition to teaching analytical and creative writing, she introduced leadership and diversity training for the Independent School community. Sharon has an MA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, where she designed a degree entitled “Writing as a Means to Create Social Change.” As a filmmaker, she’s made two award-winning short films and has film/tv writing projects in various stages of development. With a background in education, yoga, professional writing, and leadership training, Sharon considers the wide variety of needs of everyone who works with her. www.sharonecooper.com
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    SHARON COOPER is an award-winning educator, a former English teacher, an internationally produced and published playwright, and an expert writing and executive function coach for young people and adults. Over the last twenty years, Sharon has coached countless people in New York City, as well as nationally and internationally online. She is an expert at both helping people become better writers and providing executive function support. Her passion for writing and compassion as a tutor allows people to grow and gain confidence. In New York City, she has tutored students from Browning, Sacred Heart, Dalton, the U.N. School, Horace Mann, Riverdale, and more on their analytical and creative writing, admissions essays, and general study skills. As a seventeen-year-old in Chesterfield, Virginia, Sharon wrote her first full-length play in nine consecutive nights and won a state-wide competition that resulted in a workshop and professional staged reading. She’s been writing ever since. Sharon’s plays have been produced in India, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, Australia, and across the U.S. She is published in The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Reading Literature and Writing Argument, Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays, and The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Her work is taught on college campuses around the country, and she is a regular guest professor/teaching artist in high schools and colleges. Sharon believes our lives need balance. She has been teaching yoga for nearly twenty years. She trained at Integral Yoga Institute in Hatha Yoga and has worked with people privately and in groups, large and small; she has taught chair yoga, gentle yoga, Hatha Yoga for the general population, yoga for high school athletes, prenatal/postpartum yoga, relaxation/meditation techniques, and more. Before moving to New York City, Sharon attended Longwood University, known in the south as a teachers’ college, where she studied English, Theatre, and Secondary Education. She won the prestigious Sallie Mae Award at Henrico High School’s Center for the Arts, where she taught English, Creative Writing, and Public Speaking, and directed plays. In New York, Sharon directed ten plays at the Browning School for Boys, where she worked with young people from various Independent Schools and was in charge of every aspect of the productions. Sharon taught English at Convent of the Sacred Heart, where, in addition to teaching analytical and creative writing, she introduced leadership and diversity training for the Independent School community. Sharon has an MA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, where she designed a degree entitled “Writing as a Means to Create Social Change.” As a filmmaker, she’s made two award-winning short films and has film/tv writing projects in various stages of development. With a background in education, yoga, professional writing, and leadership training, Sharon considers the wide variety of needs of everyone who works with her. www.sharonecooper.com
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    SHARON COOPER is an award-winning educator, a former English teacher, an internationally produced and published playwright, and an expert writing and executive function coach for young people and adults. Over the last twenty years, Sharon has coached countless people in New York City, as well as nationally and internationally online. She is an expert at both helping people become better writers and providing executive function support. Her passion for writing and compassion as a tutor allows people to grow and gain confidence. In New York City, she has tutored students from Browning, Sacred Heart, Dalton, the U.N. School, Horace Mann, Riverdale, and more on their analytical and creative writing, admissions essays, and general study skills. As a seventeen-year-old in Chesterfield, Virginia, Sharon wrote her first full-length play in nine consecutive nights and won a state-wide competition that resulted in a workshop and professional staged reading. She’s been writing ever since. Sharon’s plays have been produced in India, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, Australia, and across the U.S. She is published in The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Reading Literature and Writing Argument, Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays, and The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Her work is taught on college campuses around the country, and she is a regular guest professor/teaching artist in high schools and colleges. Sharon believes our lives need balance. She has been teaching yoga for nearly twenty years. She trained at Integral Yoga Institute in Hatha Yoga and has worked with people privately and in groups, large and small; she has taught chair yoga, gentle yoga, Hatha Yoga for the general population, yoga for high school athletes, prenatal/postpartum yoga, relaxation/meditation techniques, and more. Before moving to New York City, Sharon attended Longwood University, known in the south as a teachers’ college, where she studied English, Theatre, and Secondary Education. She won the prestigious Sallie Mae Award at Henrico High School’s Center for the Arts, where she taught English, Creative Writing, and Public Speaking, and directed plays. In New York, Sharon directed ten plays at the Browning School for Boys, where she worked with young people from various Independent Schools and was in charge of every aspect of the productions. Sharon taught English at Convent of the Sacred Heart, where, in addition to teaching analytical and creative writing, she introduced leadership and diversity training for the Independent School community. Sharon has an MA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, where she designed a degree entitled “Writing as a Means to Create Social Change.” As a filmmaker, she’s made two award-winning short films and has film/tv writing projects in various stages of development. With a background in education, yoga, professional writing, and leadership training, Sharon considers the wide variety of needs of everyone who works with her. www.sharonecooper.com
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    SHARON COOPER is an award-winning educator, a former English teacher, an internationally produced and published playwright, and an expert writing and executive function coach for young people and adults. Over the last twenty years, Sharon has coached countless people in New York City, as well as nationally and internationally online. She is an expert at both helping people become better writers and providing executive function support. Her passion for writing and compassion as a tutor allows people to grow and gain confidence. In New York City, she has tutored students from Browning, Sacred Heart, Dalton, the U.N. School, Horace Mann, Riverdale, and more on their analytical and creative writing, admissions essays, and general study skills. As a seventeen-year-old in Chesterfield, Virginia, Sharon wrote her first full-length play in nine consecutive nights and won a state-wide competition that resulted in a workshop and professional staged reading. She’s been writing ever since. Sharon’s plays have been produced in India, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, Australia, and across the U.S. She is published in The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Reading Literature and Writing Argument, Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays, and The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Her work is taught on college campuses around the country, and she is a regular guest professor/teaching artist in high schools and colleges. Sharon believes our lives need balance. She has been teaching yoga for nearly twenty years. She trained at Integral Yoga Institute in Hatha Yoga and has worked with people privately and in groups, large and small; she has taught chair yoga, gentle yoga, Hatha Yoga for the general population, yoga for high school athletes, prenatal/postpartum yoga, relaxation/meditation techniques, and more. Before moving to New York City, Sharon attended Longwood University, known in the south as a teachers’ college, where she studied English, Theatre, and Secondary Education. She won the prestigious Sallie Mae Award at Henrico High School’s Center for the Arts, where she taught English, Creative Writing, and Public Speaking, and directed plays. In New York, Sharon directed ten plays at the Browning School for Boys, where she worked with young people from various Independent Schools and was in charge of every aspect of the productions. Sharon taught English at Convent of the Sacred Heart, where, in addition to teaching analytical and creative writing, she introduced leadership and diversity training for the Independent School community. Sharon has an MA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, where she designed a degree entitled “Writing as a Means to Create Social Change.” As a filmmaker, she’s made two award-winning short films and has film/tv writing projects in various stages of development. With a background in education, yoga, professional writing, and leadership training, Sharon considers the wide variety of needs of everyone who works with her. www.sharonecooper.com
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    SHARON COOPER is an award-winning educator, a former English teacher, an internationally produced and published playwright, and an expert writing and executive function coach for young people and adults. Over the last twenty years, Sharon has coached countless people in New York City, as well as nationally and internationally online. She is an expert at both helping people become better writers and providing executive function support. Her passion for writing and compassion as a tutor allows people to grow and gain confidence. In New York City, she has tutored students from Browning, Sacred Heart, Dalton, the U.N. School, Horace Mann, Riverdale, and more on their analytical and creative writing, admissions essays, and general study skills. As a seventeen-year-old in Chesterfield, Virginia, Sharon wrote her first full-length play in nine consecutive nights and won a state-wide competition that resulted in a workshop and professional staged reading. She’s been writing ever since. Sharon’s plays have been produced in India, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, Australia, and across the U.S. She is published in The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Reading Literature and Writing Argument, Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays, and The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Her work is taught on college campuses around the country, and she is a regular guest professor/teaching artist in high schools and colleges. Sharon believes our lives need balance. She has been teaching yoga for nearly twenty years. She trained at Integral Yoga Institute in Hatha Yoga and has worked with people privately and in groups, large and small; she has taught chair yoga, gentle yoga, Hatha Yoga for the general population, yoga for high school athletes, prenatal/postpartum yoga, relaxation/meditation techniques, and more. Before moving to New York City, Sharon attended Longwood University, known in the south as a teachers’ college, where she studied English, Theatre, and Secondary Education. She won the prestigious Sallie Mae Award at Henrico High School’s Center for the Arts, where she taught English, Creative Writing, and Public Speaking, and directed plays. In New York, Sharon directed ten plays at the Browning School for Boys, where she worked with young people from various Independent Schools and was in charge of every aspect of the productions. Sharon taught English at Convent of the Sacred Heart, where, in addition to teaching analytical and creative writing, she introduced leadership and diversity training for the Independent School community. Sharon has an MA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, where she designed a degree entitled “Writing as a Means to Create Social Change.” As a filmmaker, she’s made two award-winning short films and has film/tv writing projects in various stages of development. With a background in education, yoga, professional writing, and leadership training, Sharon considers the wide variety of needs of everyone who works with her. www.sharonecooper.com
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    SHARON COOPER is an award-winning educator, a former English teacher, an internationally produced and published playwright, and an expert writing and executive function coach for young people and adults. Over the last twenty years, Sharon has coached countless people in New York City, as well as nationally and internationally online. She is an expert at both helping people become better writers and providing executive function support. Her passion for writing and compassion as a tutor allows people to grow and gain confidence. In New York City, she has tutored students from Browning, Sacred Heart, Dalton, the U.N. School, Horace Mann, Riverdale, and more on their analytical and creative writing, admissions essays, and general study skills. As a seventeen-year-old in Chesterfield, Virginia, Sharon wrote her first full-length play in nine consecutive nights and won a state-wide competition that resulted in a workshop and professional staged reading. She’s been writing ever since. Sharon’s plays have been produced in India, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, Australia, and across the U.S. She is published in The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Reading Literature and Writing Argument, Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays, and The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2019. Her work is taught on college campuses around the country, and she is a regular guest professor/teaching artist in high schools and colleges. Sharon believes our lives need balance. She has been teaching yoga for nearly twenty years. She trained at Integral Yoga Institute in Hatha Yoga and has worked with people privately and in groups, large and small; she has taught chair yoga, gentle yoga, Hatha Yoga for the general population, yoga for high school athletes, prenatal/postpartum yoga, relaxation/meditation techniques, and more. Before moving to New York City, Sharon attended Longwood University, known in the south as a teachers’ college, where she studied English, Theatre, and Secondary Education. She won the prestigious Sallie Mae Award at Henrico High School’s Center for the Arts, where she taught English, Creative Writing, and Public Speaking, and directed plays. In New York, Sharon directed ten plays at the Browning School for Boys, where she worked with young people from various Independent Schools and was in charge of every aspect of the productions. Sharon taught English at Convent of the Sacred Heart, where, in addition to teaching analytical and creative writing, she introduced leadership and diversity training for the Independent School community. Sharon has an MA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, where she designed a degree entitled “Writing as a Means to Create Social Change.” As a filmmaker, she’s made two award-winning short films and has film/tv writing projects in various stages of development. With a background in education, yoga, professional writing, and leadership training, Sharon considers the wide variety of needs of everyone who works with her. www.sharonecooper.com
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