Background
Karasik, Miriyam Beth Daughter of Warner Newton and Aleen Mildred (Hanline) Oberly.
Karasik, Miriyam Beth Daughter of Warner Newton and Aleen Mildred (Hanline) Oberly.
Bachelor in English, Grand Valley State College, Allendale, 1968. Master of Arts in Communications Writing for Film and television, Governors State University, Park Forest South, Illinois, 1978.
Band director Kent City Community Schools, Michigan. Teacher Grand Rapids Public Schools, Henry Elementary School, Grand Rapids. Facilitator GRPS desegregation program, Multi-ethnic Understanding Program.
Software tester Coldframe, Inc. Artist, musician, writer Miriyam's Ink Studio, Cathedral City, California, since 1985.
Member Community Action Training Services, Grand Rapids. Founder, Sharing and Helping Academy Resources in Education program, Henry Elementary students Grand Rapids Board Education and Grand Valley State College. Member of Western Michigan Band Director's Association (first women member 1967), Writers Guild of America West, International Horn Society, Palm Springs Women in Film.
Married Myron Solomon Karasik. Stepchildren: Ruth Jacqueline, Jacob Edwin.