Stephany Duncan:  

2026 Updates: My "Now" pic was taken in 2023, but so far, I still look the same. Since I never liked my yearbook pic, For my "Then" pic, I decided to post one of Mrs. Puff (of SpongeBob SquarePants fame instead). She's much more interesting looking than I was back-when or now. :-) Wow, we're old! I don't know why but I find it really fun and funny to be in my 70s. Maybe that's because I found it funny to be in my 60s. Hopefully, I'll find it to be even funnier to be in my 80s, 90s, etc. Not much new, retired, enjoying life for the most part--even under Trump's despicable regime of terror. Despair is not an option. I'm writing original pieces and reposting some news, music, etc. on Substack under my name--subscription free. I still am not on any social media. I guess Classmates and/or LinkedIn have social media elements and I'm on both. I don't post anywhere with any kind of regularity except for Substack. UPDATED (August/2012 & June/2019) & July/2022) WHERE NOTED Here's the condensed, mostly non-chronological, and not all-inclusive version of what I've been doing since I left high school. I spent about 10 years traveling back and forth to Belfast and other parts of N. Ireland--where I became involved in political prisoners' rights. I've worked for many years in the nonprofit sector (and still do)--social, human services, reproductive & childrens' health, and civil justice--including being the operations manager for a 5-county Family Planning/WIC program and the project administrator for local nonprofit, pro bono law firm in the U.S. that serves prisoners experiencing condition of confinement issues. I've served as a volunteer and worked as a member coordinator for AmeriCorps. I also spent a year as a volunteer field archaeology technician for the PA Bureau of Historic Preservation. When I got over my aversion for formal education (leftover from high school), I attended Susquehanna University where I received degrees in English (AA) & Creative Writing (BA). I turned out to be a screenwriter, nonfiction writer, and a playwright. I haven't sold any of my screenplays or other work yet, but I have been a finalist in several national screenwriting competitons which led to contacts by producers. Recently, I accepted a position as the director/coordinator of a nonprofit, in-school, near-peer mentoring service for students in grades 4-8 within a local school district. I'm looking forward to the new freedom of having summers off, when I'll have extended spare time to work on 2 new scripts that I have in the works and a series of essays that seem to be evolving into a memoir. Basically, I'm just a happy person who's gone, and continues to go, on many unexpected journeys. Along the way, I've met some incredible people who taught me more than I can describe here. Life is good. UPDATE (2012)--I'm still working within the local school district (as described above), still writing scripts that haven't sold yet--but I still love writing them with or without selling anything. I've been teaching myself to play blues and boogie woogie piano since January/2012--it's a difficult task (but wonderful) and gives me another creative outlet. My (personallly designated) fab 5 photos of Leon Russell, Dr. John, Pinetop Perkins, Professor Longhair, and Memphis Slim above my piano keep me from getting too discouraged. Writer Stuff: >One of my screenwriting mentors (to my great good fortune) was Trey Ellis. If you'd like to know more about Trey and his work--please visit treyellis dot com (...Expand for more