Nancy Lapointe

Nancy Lapointe grew up wild and poor in small-town Mason City, Iowa. Stuck in a snowbank once too often, she migrated to South Texas, solo-parenting her four children.

Working as a bartender, high school English teacher, college adjunct professor, motivational speaker, and educational software developer, Lapointe financed her education, culminating in a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from Texas A&M Corpus Christi/Kingsville.

Deemed controversial for her avant-garde teaching methods, Dr. Lapointe spent many hours in the principal’s office. Finally, Harry Butt, grocery store magnate, validated her approach by naming her H-E-B Texas State Teacher of the Year. She tells other stories in her two novels, screenplay, and Sparky’s Big News, a children’s book with an important message about growing up gay.

Nancy celebrates her retirement in Escondido, California, fussing at her blue-eyed banditti grandsons and recycling vintage earrings. She and her loving partner, John Dinning, grow oranges in a forty-tree grove and force fruit on friends and food banks.