Background
Collins, Carrie Linda Clark was born on December 16, 1958 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Daughter of Robert Lewis and Joyce Elizabeth Clark.
Collins, Carrie Linda Clark was born on December 16, 1958 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Daughter of Robert Lewis and Joyce Elizabeth Clark.
Student, University Texas, El Paso, 1977-1979; student, Delaware State College, 1979-1980; student, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, 1980-1985; Bachelor of Science in Applied Science and Environmental Technology, Thomas Edison State College, 1996.
Daycare worker, supervisor Mainz (Germany) American Nursery, 1972-1974. Writer Pegasus Literature and Arts magazine, El Paso, 1975-1977. Recreation aide El Paso Department Parks and Recreation, 1978-1979.
Credit analyst, managerial assistant Sears Credit Central, Moorestown, New Jersey, 1980-1988. Consultant, legal secretary green acres program, poet laureate State of New Jersey, Trenton, 1987-1994. Administrative assistant Regional Industrial Development Corporation, Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, 1996.
Access representative Children's Hospital, San Diego, since 1997. Freelance writer, since 1973.
Member choir, soloist Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, Alton, Illinois, 1965-1968, 1st United Baptist Church, El Paso, 1976-1979, 2d Baptist Church, Mount Holly, New Jersey, since 1985. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Literature Volumes American, Delta Sigma Theta.
Married Mitchél Anthony Collins, October 11, 1985. 1 child, Cheyenne Lynn.