Kimberly H. Danforth, Content Developer, is a writer and editor with twenty-five years of professional experience. She has written for national magazines and newspapers on health, education, and travel and has led nonprofit and private-sector businesses to greater exposure and growth through her crisp, inviting copy. Kimberly writes public relations and sales materials, including newsletters, Web content, catalogs, brochures, annual reports, advertisements, speeches, public service announcements, and pedagogical courses and tools. Her copy has won numerous awards, including a Travel & Leisure award for an adventure vacation catalog, a Vermont Public Safety Award for her video and radio public service announcements, and the TESOL Award for Excellence in the Development of Pedagogical Materials for her book, Coming to America: The Kids ’ Book about Immigration.

Kimberly also holds fifteen years of experience as an adjunct instructor in both universities and secondary schools. She has taught literature, French, composition, business & professional writing, and English as a Second Language at Dresden International School in Germany, Aiglon College in Switzerland, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and the Community College of Vermont where she also held leadership positions in curriculum development, including writing key materials for the International Baccalaureate®. As an instructor, Kimberly devises popular curriculums cited for their effectiveness and innovation.

Kimberly earned a Masters Degree in English Literature from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, attended the Sorbonne at the University of Paris, and pursued doctoral studies in Curriculum Development at the State University of New York at Albany. She lives in Clifton Park, NY with her husband, a materials scientist in the semiconductor industry, two daughters, two cats and a dog.