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Mary graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a B.A. in Psychology and is certified as a grief counselor, trained under world renown grief expert David Kessler. She is an author, widely published in magazines, newspapers and anthologies. She teaches writing workshops for area community colleges, libraries and writer's conferences and does presentations and workshops on utilizing creativity in your everyday life, jumpstarting your natural creativity and facing grief with grace. She is the author of several books, including the award-winning "Refined By Fire: A Journey of Grief and Grace," with a foreword written by New York Times bestselling author, Cecil Murphey and "Called to Be Creative: A Guide to Reigniting Your Creativity," Mary and her husband Nick Portzen speak on the power of prayer in marriage and are currently working on a book on the same topic.