Lori Piotrowski

Lori Piotrowski holds a Master's degree in Romance Languages from Ohio State University, but only recently has she used it in the classroom at the College of Southern Nevada. She is a Renaissance woman of varied careers, beginning in publishing, moving into corporate communications, architectural photography, public relations, and now into teaching Spanish and Portuguese.

As a young girl, Lori's interest in reading was encouraged by her parents who would turn off the TV and read every night. She watched their library grow and began her own private library by saving her allowance to buy books through the Scholastic Reader program at school. In college, she joined the Book of the Month club. The first book she bought was Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking," which she still uses regularly. Her favorite day of the week is Friday, when she can leave all cares behind and curl up in an easy chair with a good read and one of her rescued felines.