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Christa Avampato

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Christa Avampato was born on a retired apple farm in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and pursued her passion for theater by managing Broadway shows and national theater tours.

After getting her MBA at the Darden School at the University of Virginia, she spent five years in corporate America and then started her own boutique consulting practice to work with education-based nonprofits and startups. During that time, she grew her writing career as a freelancer for publications such as The Washington Post, HuffPost, and Royal Media Partners magazines.

She has been an invited speaker on the power of the imagination at SXSW, Games for Change, New York University, and Columbia University. She ...more

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The Day I Faced My Biggest Fear and the Night I Tell Stories

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Five years ago today, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and I didn’t know what my future held. My friend, Meg, sat in my surgeon’s office with me and held my hand. A plan came together with my surgeon to not only help me survive, but thrive. I didn’t know what that looked like then, but I know now.

Today, I stand here, stronger and more committed tha

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“Like stories, art isn’t something that we see exactly as it is. Stories and art are mirrors, reflections of who we are and who we hope to be.”
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“We’re all born believing,” said Jasper. “The trick of life is to keep believing, even when we’re faced with disappointment. That’s why books are such precious things. They help us believe in our own magic.”
― Christa Avampato, Emerson Page and Where the Light Enters

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“It’s easy to fight,” Jasper said sternly. And then his tone softened again. “What’s not easy , and what’s necessary, is to love. If you can love in times of anger and hate, then nothing can ever really hurt you. Love, not violence, takes courage.”
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“The Potter books in general are a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry. And I think it's one of the reasons that some people don't like the books, but I think that's it's a very healthy message to pass on to younger people that you should question authority and you should not assume that the establishment or the press tells you all of the truth.”
― J.K. Rowling

tags: interviews, tolerance

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

tags: life

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message 3: by Christa

Jan 03, 2010 09:19AM

Me, too, Jen! Happy new year!

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message 2: by Jen

Jan 03, 2010 09:10AM

I appreciate the friendship, Christa. I look forward to trading book recommendations. Jen

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message 1: by Ilyn

Aug 31, 2008 04:18AM

Hello Christa,

Thank you so much for entering to win Reason Reigns. Good fortune on your endeavors.

Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend. Warmest regards.

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