- Keynote Speaker at the Southern Expressions Writers Conference
- Keynote Speaker at Ventura County Reading Association Literacy Awards Brunch
- Keynote Speaker at the Ventura County Writers Club meeting (twice)
- Workshop leader at the 2011 Winter Wheat Festival of Writing (Bowling Green State University)
- Panel Moderator at Santa Barbara Writers Conference
- Santa Barbara Book Festival
- Duarte (Calif.) Book Festival
- Ventura Festival of Books
- Ventura Unified School District Storyfest
- Cal Lutheran Author’s Faire
- Jack London Writing Camp
- Girls, Inc. of Santa Barbara
- Thousand Oaks Rotary Club
- Santa Paula Rotary Club
- Ventura Kiwanis Club
- Ventura Soroptimists Club
- Cabrillo Middle School
- Frank Intermediate School
- Windermere Middle School
- Poinsettia Elementary School
- Rose Avenue Elementary School
- Junipero Serra Elementary School
- Rancho Rosal School
- CAPE Charter School
- 93rd Street School
- Lincoln Elementary School
- Pierpont Elementary School
- Lillian Larsen Elementary School
- Tierra Linda Elementary School