Carrie SeidmanCarrie Seidman is an award-winning career newspaper journalist who has served on the staffs of the New York Times, the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, the Albuquerque Journal, and Albuquerque Tribune. Since 2010 she has served as a columnist, dance critc, and arts writer for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune on Florida's Gulf coast.Seidman's columns, reviews, and long-form narratives have earned honors from local, state, and national journalism and mental health organizations, including Mental Health America's National Media Award and the Florida Society of Newspaper Editor's Gold Medal for Public Service. Her previous book, FACEing Mental Illness: The Art of Acceptance, showcased profiles and artwork from her award-winning year-long mental health fellowship project for the Carter Center for Mental Health Journalism. A graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University School of Journalism, Seidman is the mother of a one adult son who lives with genetic and mental health disorders. A two-time breast cancer survivor and lifelong dancer, she enjoys ballroom dancing, yoga, and long-distance walking. Read More Read Less