Personal Bio
Rosanne Gulisano, founder and facilitator of Lifestories: Creating a Memoir, has been writing and speaking about the craft of memoir-writing since 1999. She has had a lifelong interest in the study of history, especially as it relates to personal stories.

Recent Appearances
Rosanne has taught her workshop at such venues as the Geneva Library, St. Charles Heritage Center, Kane County and Elgin Genealogical Societies, St. Charles Chamber of Commerce and at many senior residence facilities throughout the Chicago area. Speaker's Resume

Mission
Rosanne is a firm believer that everyone should be writing their life story: They just don't know it yet! It is her mission to encourage and motivate people from all walks of life to write their personal life story for future generations.

Her passion and enthusiasm for the topic create the sense of urgency we all need to motivate us to begin the task of documenting the noteworthy events of our lives. Everyone's "unremarkable" life is inspirational and interesting to his or her own future generations.

Lifestories
Creating a Memoir
Lifestories is a series of workshops designed to offer the skills necessary to write your own life story. The workshops provide inspiration and reasons to begin writing your stories, tips to help organize the project and support in conquering the fear of getting started. Participants will be encouraged to write and share their stories. Groups of all sizes are welcome. This can be done in a single or multi-session format. The presentation is invariably entertaining, inspiring, motivational and frequently surprising. There are always smiles and sometimes a few tears.