Everyone Has An Everest

About the Book

Everyone Has An Everest is a story of inspiration! If you are looking to be revitalized and renewed, you must read this book. In it the author tells of her 12 year battle with Parkinson's disease. She explains how the disease took her health, her job, her car, her life's savings and her insurance. Ms. Andrews is also an educator with 31 years of experience. The book graphically describes her experiences as an inner city elementary school principal and how she changed a school who had five principals in five years. How she dealt with the debilitating disease and never missed a day of school. It will be useful to Parkinson patients and care givers because it gives specific information on how to obtain social security disability status, how to obtain food stamps, how to get Medicaid, how to deal with depression, Parkinson's Advocates and lobbying legislators. And most importantly, it describes the operation that gave her a second chance at life.

About the Author

Author

Ms. Sandra Andrews has suffered from the debilitating disease of Parkinson's for the last 12 years. The last 4 in its advanced stages. She had bilateral stimulation surgery on her brain. This experimental surgery recently was approved by the FDA in January of 2002. Ms. Andrews has a B.A. in Elementary Education and Spanish from Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA and a Master of Arts from the University of Notre Dame in Curriculum and Guidance & Counseling. She also received a certificate from the University of Connecticut in Gifted Education. She is a national presenter at workshops and serves as a consultant for school and school districts. She is a curriculum specialist with national and state awards. She is recognized as a specialist in middle school education who has written a handbook on "How to Open a Middle School." She has published articles in education journals on various educational topics.

Ms. Andrews has taught every grade level through college, has 8 years experience as an elementary school principal, 4 years experience as a Director of Curriculum for the Diocese of Erie and 3 years experience as a national math consultant. She designed a research project using the 24 Challenge Math Games that raised math standardized test scores and improved math skills. She was a trainer and presenter for the first group of teachers for the Edison Project.

Ms. Andrews is available for motivational speaking engagements. She can be contacted by email at:
edandrew@stis.net

Co-author

Mr. Phillip Petersen is 64 years old and lives in Australia. He has a Ph.D. in micro-biology. For the last 25 years he has done scientific research in a lab and has also taught at the college level. He recently authored a book on infectious diseases. Presently, he is working independently and trying his hand at publishing. For the last 7 years he has written technical articles for journals and newspapers. Mr. Petersen is married.