Yvona Fast is an author, freelance writer, food columnist, editor, researcher and speaker. She writes about a wide variety of topics, including careers, health, fitness, food, and cooking for magazines like Vibrant Life, Equal Opportunity, Minority Engineer, Home Cooking, American Health and Fitness, Woman's Touch, Health & Home, and Adirondack Explorer.
Her weekly column, North Country Kitchen, offers a medley of nutritional information, historical facts, and easy, seasonal recipes. Her goal is to help the reader prepare wholesome family meals and achieve a healthy lifestyle. It currently runs in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise and the Lake Placid News.
Yvona is the author of the book, Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome or Non-Verbal Learning Disability: Stories and Strategies, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004. She is currently working on her second book, My Nine Lives, a memoir she's writing with her mother, a Holocaust survivor. An excerpt, Escape from the Ghetto, won honorable mention in the North Country Public Radio writing contest.
She has spoken on issues of employment and disabilities to various groups, including the Vermont Parent Information Center and the Learning Disabilities Association of Canada. She has a master's degree in library science and is well versed in research techniques.
Yvona's library and research skills combine with her clear, engaging writing style to create a professional product that is accurate and delivered on time. She's available for interviews and speaking engagements.