Author Flinn shares experiences with students at Killian High

Author Alex Flinn (center front) is pictured with students at Miami Killian High School who are mentored by Women of Tomorrow. The young women hold copies of Flinn’s novel, Breathing Under Water.

By Gloria Burns….

Author Alex Flinn (center front) is pictured with students at Miami Killian High School who are mentored by Women of Tomorrow. The young women hold copies of Flinn’s novel, Breathing Under Water.

What do you get when you mix a lawyer, an author, bubbles and water? You get a person like Alex Flinn who can inspire, entertain and write.

Fortunately for one young group, Alex Flinn, the author of Breathing Under Water and Beastly, took time out of her busy schedule to visit students mentored by Women of Tomorrow (WOT) at Miami Killian High School. She not only shared her life experiences but also discussed the obstacles she overcame in pursuit of her dream of becoming a writer at the tender age of 5.

Her first novel, Breathing Under Water, was written based upon her own experiences while working as a lawyer with battered women.  With the latest edition edited to bring her characters into the 21st Century, you will find there are no more beepers but instead cell phones. Other changes you can read for yourself.

After her talk with the students, Flinn presented each with a personalized, signed copy of her book.

Flinn lives in Palmetto Bay with her husband, former Mayor Eugene Flinn, and two daughters.

Her latest novel, Beastly, recently was made into a movie, so it seems her success may have even exceeded her dreams as a child and WOT were certainly blessed to have her speak.

To learn more about Alex Flinn and the other books she has written, visit her website at www.alexflinn.com.

Women of Tomorrow was founded in 1997 by television journalist and author Jennifer Valoppi and Telemundo president Don Browne as a way to help at-risk young women live up to their full potential. For more information on Women of Tomorrow, go online to www.womenoftomorrow.org.


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A graduate of the University of Florida with a major in Spanish, Burns has an extensive background in advertising, marketing and reciprocal trade, travel , non profit consulting and management. Before joining Miami's Community Newspapers as a columnist and marketing specialist, Gloria was the Executive Director of the Jr. Orange Bowl Committee (6 yrs.) and first Executive Director of the Coral Gables Community Foundation (14 yrs.) and the Pinecrest Community Foundation (1 ½ yrs) . Burns' volunteer activities led her to become a columnist for Community Newspapers writing Gloria’s Gab, that focuses on the non-profit activity, and a host of an online show, Gloria's Gab LIVE. Gloria serves the board of the Rotary Club of Coral Gables as Civic and Charity Chair, and is involved in the club's International Committee. She is an active Life Member of the Jr. Orange Bowl Committee and is Secretary of the Merrick Festival. She serves on the board of directors of the Coral Gables Woman' Club as Publicity Chair and also coordinates the club's monthly fundraiser for various charities with Gringo Bingo at Clutch Burger. In addition, Gloria participates in numerous other charitable events and is a member of the Business Forum Group, Profit Inc., the Greater Miami Festival & Events Association and the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce. In other volunteer activity, Gloria helps Miami Christian School with fund-raising and PR; is an Ambassador and volunteers for events for A Safe Haven for Newborns. She is an active member of the Music Ministry at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church where she enjoys singing in the choir every weekend.