MarieAnn C. Raguso

EDUCATION:

• Currently enrolled: Nova Southeastern University’s Abraham S. Fischler School of Criminal Justice and Education, Doctorate of Philosophy in Criminal Justice, Behavioral Science (aka Criminal Profiler) 
  • Studying: why/how people commit violent crimes; children in correlation to violence and trauma; law enforcement/military
• Alumni of Manhattanville College, Masters of Fine Arts program for Creative Writing with an Advanced Certification in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
• Alumni of Manhattanville College, Bachelor's Degree in Sociology/Anthropology
• Alumni of Westchester Community College, Associate's Degree in Social Sciences

EXPERIENCE:

• Teaching and tutoring
• Performing Arts
• Law Enforcement
• Workplace Trainer
• Working with Children and Adults with Special Needs

WRITING/RESEARCH:

• Published Writer*
• Ethnographer
• Screenwriter
• Memoir Writer
• Short Horror Fiction Writer

PERFORMING ARTS:

• Poet
• Singer
• Acting
• Filmmaking

MEMBERSHIPS:

• Member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart
• Member of the Academy of American Poets
• Member of the American Legion Post 1796
• Member of the Air Force’s Security Forces Association

HONOREE:

• Military Order of the Purple Heart’s Hall of Fame
• Women’s Hall of Fame (WREF)​ and Lanza Scholarship
• Sons of Italy Scholarship
• Sports Clips - Veteran's of Foreign Wars Scholarship

*See: Curriculum Vitae

Purple Heart