JEANNE GLASSMAN CLAIR

Co-Author of:
I am a Dot

Born and raised in New York, Jeanne considers herself a citizen of the world. Her career path in business was unexpectedly interrupted when, at the age of 35, she was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. After a life-saving bone marrow transplant, Jeanne left the business world to become a social worker. Upon receiving her Master’s Degree from Columbia University, Jeanne went to work with children in the public school system. Currently a Program Director of Counseling In Schools, Inc., a non-profit community based organization, Jeanne supervises counseling programs throughout New York City.

Jeanne’s creativity has taken many forms including visual art, jewelry design, chocolate lollipop centerpieces and writing. She believes the creative process is an expression of one’s deepest self and is happy when her work finds a more public voice, touching others’ lives as it has hers. Her recent story about a dot’s search for true meaning in its life was inspired by a friend who had shared a one sentence revelation after a session with a therapist. The story wrote itself and lived in Jeanne’s computer for 5 years before it was brought to life by co-author Nancy S. Mure and illustrator, Alexander T. Lee. It is a story that, in some ways, mirrors Jeanne’s own journey and reminds us that life is full of changes and endless possibilities… or not.

The choice is ours.