Miss Kirkwood is a graduate of Youngstown State University with two masters in education in both school and community counseling.  April worked over twenty five years in public education and in the mental health field as a social worker, teacher, guidance counselor, mentor for new teachers, and counselor. She presently lives in Florida and Ohio and spends most of her time writing, sharing her story with others, helping women, and is a public speaker. April is presently working on her second book, a workbook for those who are also stuck with recurring unsatisfactory intimate relationships and steps to remove the imprinting and blocks so they can find the love they deserve. April believes in love and empowers others in workshops with warm laughter, flowing tears, and healing exercises so that you can find it, keep it, and enjoy romance. - See more at: http://aprilkirkwood.com/meet-april-kirkwood/#sthash.H2zKW5ZB.Dhv9R6pb.dpuf Her first book, “What I did for love; why my affair with Frankie Valli matters to you” is written from the perspective of a regular midwest girl who fell for a very special man and all of the repercussions such a monumental experience at such a young age affected her entire life.   The story is shared to give others insights of where and why so many of the feelings we all have buried deeply in our conscious and unconscious thoughts grow from and how it affects our romantic lives. - See more at: http://aprilkirkwood.com/meet-april-kirkwood/#sthash.H2zKW5ZB.Dhv9R6pb.dpuf