Bio

Angela Berasa-Owens is currently a Senior at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology obtaining a Bachelor’s degree, and in pursuit of a PsyD in Clinical Child Psychology. She resides in Charlotte, NC with her husband of 5 years. She has one adult daughter. Currently, Angela is an Extended Stay Consultant for a global hotel chain and she owns and operates a tax business from her home. She is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, where she obtained the rank of Sergeant before being honorably discharged after the Gulf War. Angela’s main focus however is writing and publishing a series of children’s books designed to help tender-aged children heal from trauma.

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Her fledgling publishing company, Reading with a Purpose Publishing is set to publish the inaugural book - the first in a series of biblio-therapy books for children aged 4-9 years - in mid-2021. The books are designed to help children process and deal with traumatic life events such as divorce, the death of a parent, and mental, physical, or sexual abuse.

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In her very limited free time, she enjoys watching action movies with her husband, reading, playing word games or playing with their dog Rocco.