Patricia Twomey RyanPatricia Ryan Ph.D. is a former educator who served as a teacher and director of a school for children with special needs for over twenty years. Now retired, she has been writing essays, memoirs and fiction for the past ten years. Her work has appeard in publications such as National Geographic Traveler, Parents, Eire-Ireland and Brevity. She and her husband live in Westchester County, NY, and are the parents of three sons. Read More Read Less