On Friday, March 15, local author and motivational speaker, Mark Elswick visited CAHS to promote his inspirational tour, Dream, Hope, Believe.  Elswick is a twenty-year Traumatic Brain Injury survivor that has taught himself to read, write, and walk again.  He has since published a book about fatherhood and his tramatic brain injury, Padman, but it is from a humorous point of view.

He is working on his second book of non-fiction about TBI and other Survivor Stories. Students were inspired by his talk about achieving success through hard work.  “You cannot just dream, hope, and believe,” he stated.  “Positivity takes effort.” He entertained the students, but also informed them how important hard work and reading is to their overall success.

Next Friday the students will hear from Dan Waltz, author and illustrator.All authors visiting are local and a part of the organization, Support Michigan Authors, that Ms. Jessyca Mathews, Ms. Susan Sage, and Ms. Carrie Mattern belong to.