a great deal of thanks goes out to numerous people

whose support and encouragement helped to make this
Capstone a reality:

 

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• My thanks goes out to my advisor Carrie Hintz for her expertise and diligence;

• she spent numerous hours helping me find the precise words to tell my story. 
   Carrie is a vibrant and motivating professor.  Carrie not only assisted me with this capstone but restored to me the magic of children’s literature. Thank you for sprinkling pixie dust on this paper.

 

• To the professors of the graduate center.  Thank you for creating classes that allowed me to explore a variety of courses that added depth and structure to my work in general but also assisted in creating my capstone.  Professor Barbara Katz Rothman.....who by happenstance explained autoethnography and inspired this capstone.

 

• To my fellow students at the graduate center who I learned a  tremendous amount from; thank for sharing your analytical perspective on aspects of evaluating and analyzing scholarship

 

• To my colleagues at Anderson Kill, PC thank you for allowing me a flexible work schedule which gave me the opportunity to complete my master's degree (special thanks to my co-worker Yvonne R. - among her many talents she's also the formatting queen).  Special thanks go to CN; TC; IF; TR; and DN- all did their share of handholding.

 

• To my family. thank you for supporting my studies. To my sons, thanks for making dinners.
   

• I especially thank my husband Michael for his constant belief, love and encouragement he insisted I could stay the course and I thank you for recalculating my compass when I lost my way. 

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  Thank you for your wisdom, humor, and patience. You are my North Star.