Background
Blinn, Cynthia Lees was born on January 26, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Wayne Lowry and Evelyn Elizabeth (Spencer) Lees.
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Cynthia Lees Blinn
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science in Education, Lesley College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992; postgraduate, Emerson College, Boston, since 1993.
Career
Educational/writing program consultant, Massachusetts Department Corrections, 1993-1996;
freelance writer/editor, American Correctional Association, Lanham, Maryland., 1995-1997;
gifted/talented program assistant, writing teacher, Ottoson Middle School, Arlington, Massachusetts, 1993-1996;
8th grade English language arts teacher, Ottoson Middle School, Arlington, Massachusetts, since 1997;
book reviewer, Voice of Youth Advocates Magazine, Lanham, Maryland., since 1994. Teacher consultant Boston Writing Project, since 1996. Educational tour consultant Education First Ednl.
Tours, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Volunteer writer, fundraiser Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Action Committee, Boston, 1985-1995. Volunteer literacy tutor Harvard Adult Literature Initiative, Greater Boston area, 1988-1992, Lanbach Literature International, 1983-1985. Host family for inner city youth The Fresh Air Fund, New York City, 1995, 96.
Member Foundation for Children's Books, since 1992. Representative Massachusetts Teachers Association, since 1997. Volunteer mentor Just A Start House, since 1998.
Member National Education Association, Correctional Ednl. Association, Educators for Social Responsibility, National Writers Union, American Correctional Association.
Connections
Married John Bayard Blinn, October 18, 1958.
