{"id":18,"date":"2022-09-14T00:12:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T04:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2024-03-17T11:45:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T15:45:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"18\" class=\"elementor elementor-18\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-286d8b0 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"286d8b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;mountains&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;mountains&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.33\" d=\"M473,67.3c-203.9,88.3-263.1-34-320.3,0C66,119.1,0,59.7,0,59.7V0h1000v59.7 c0,0-62.1,26.1-94.9,29.3c-32.8,3.3-62.8-12.3-75.8-22.1C806,49.6,745.3,8.7,694.9,4.7S492.4,59,473,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.66\" d=\"M734,67.3c-45.5,0-77.2-23.2-129.1-39.1c-28.6-8.7-150.3-10.1-254,39.1 s-91.7-34.4-149.2,0C115.7,118.3,0,39.8,0,39.8V0h1000v36.5c0,0-28.2-18.5-92.1-18.5C810.2,18.1,775.7,67.3,734,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M766.1,28.9c-200-57.5-266,65.5-395.1,19.5C242,1.8,242,5.4,184.8,20.6C128,35.8,132.3,44.9,89.9,52.5C28.6,63.7,0,0,0,0 h1000c0,0-9.9,40.9-83.6,48.1S829.6,47,766.1,28.9z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.33\" d=\"M473,67.3c-203.9,88.3-263.1-34-320.3,0C66,119.1,0,59.7,0,59.7V0h1000v59.7 c0,0-62.1,26.1-94.9,29.3c-32.8,3.3-62.8-12.3-75.8-22.1C806,49.6,745.3,8.7,694.9,4.7S492.4,59,473,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.66\" d=\"M734,67.3c-45.5,0-77.2-23.2-129.1-39.1c-28.6-8.7-150.3-10.1-254,39.1 s-91.7-34.4-149.2,0C115.7,118.3,0,39.8,0,39.8V0h1000v36.5c0,0-28.2-18.5-92.1-18.5C810.2,18.1,775.7,67.3,734,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M766.1,28.9c-200-57.5-266,65.5-395.1,19.5C242,1.8,242,5.4,184.8,20.6C128,35.8,132.3,44.9,89.9,52.5C28.6,63.7,0,0,0,0 h1000c0,0-9.9,40.9-83.6,48.1S829.6,47,766.1,28.9z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab00437\" data-id=\"ab00437\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-281c8ab elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"281c8ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-72e9b77\" data-id=\"72e9b77\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-720b040 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"720b040\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.20.0 - 10-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Author Marissa Bader<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-176babd elementor-headline--style-rotate elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"176babd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;rotate&quot;,&quot;animation_type&quot;:&quot;wave&quot;,&quot;rotating_text&quot;:&quot;Through Stories\\nThrough Stories&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;rotate_iteration_delay&quot;:2500}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor-pro\/assets\/css\/widget-animated-headline.min.css\">\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline elementor-headline-animation-type-wave elementor-headline-letters\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">Connecting Hearts<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">\n\t\t\t\tThrough&nbsp;Stories\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text\">\n\t\t\t\tThrough&nbsp;Stories\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dd61e6 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dd61e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 10-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Welcome! I\u2019m so happy you\u2019re here!\u00a0<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My name is Marissa Bader, and I\u2019ve been a writer for as long as I can remember. Writing is so much more than what I do \u2013 it\u2019s <strong>who I am<\/strong>. As a small girl I would spend hours upon hours journaling, making books, writing short stories, poetry, creative non-fiction and more. For me, writing has always been my way of making sense of my thoughts, feelings, the world and my place in it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u00a0 made my first children&#8217;s book when I was in second grade (pictured below). It was a about a little girl who wanted to go white water rafting for her birthday but her parents insisted it was too dangerous.\u00a0 I fastened the pages together with hair ties and made the cover out of cardboard and wrapping paper! <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2933 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marissa2ndGradeBook-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marissa2ndGradeBook-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marissa2ndGradeBook-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marissa2ndGradeBook-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marissa2ndGradeBook-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marissa2ndGradeBook-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marissa2ndGradeBook-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Marissa2ndGradeBook-600x450.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I love showing students this book when I visit classrooms &#8212; they get such a kick out of it, and I hope it inspires them to get creative and make their own!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to being a children\u2019s book author, I\u2019ve been a freelance writer for almost 20 years! I\u2019ve written for a wide variety of publications such as Psychology Today, Time Out New York, HuffPost Parents and Twiniversity.com to name a few. I\u2019ve also served as the Twins Editor and mental health writer at Lucie\u2019s List since 2017, and I have a master of arts degree in marriage and family therapy. I am deeply passionate about mental health, and my background in this inspires everything I write.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h2><b>My Children\u2019s Books<\/b><\/h2><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2935\" src=\"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cover-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cover-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cover-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cover-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cover-1320x1320.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cover-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Cover-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2491\" src=\"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Stellas-Brave-Voice-Cover_Front-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Stellas-Brave-Voice-Cover_Front-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Stellas-Brave-Voice-Cover_Front-972x1024.jpg 972w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Stellas-Brave-Voice-Cover_Front-768x809.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Stellas-Brave-Voice-Cover_Front.jpg 1211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">children\u2019s books are modeled after my own three children, a set of fraternal twins and their big sister.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/product\/the-only-me\/\">The Only Me<\/a>:<\/strong> <\/em>My debut book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Only Me<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is about a set of fraternal twins, Stella and Paige, and Stella&#8217;s quest to be seen as her own person. Because they\u2019re twins, Stella\u2019s often compared to her sister, and this makes her feel less than \u2013 like maybe she\u2019s not as good as Paige. Throughout the story, Stella\u2019s reminded of all the things <em>she<\/em> does really well, and what makes her special and unique. She begins to realize that she\u2019s pretty awesome just the way she is&#8230; and that she\u2019s the only one of HER in the whole world!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Only Me<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was named one of the top 100 indie children&#8217;s books of 2022 by Kirkus Magazine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/product\/stellas-brave-voice\/\">Stella&#8217;s Brave Voice<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0My second children&#8217;s book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stella&#8217;s Brave Voice<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, features the same lovable twins we met in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Only Me<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Stella and Paige. In this story, Paige is more talkative than Stella, and often interrupts her and talks for her. Stella becomes frustrated by this, and wants to tell her sister how she feels\u2026 but she\u2019s nervous to speak up, and she also fears she\u2019ll hurt her sister\u2019s feelings.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a little encouragement from their mom (and her stuffies!) Stella begins to find her strong, brave voice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><em><strong>Petunia the Perfectionist:<\/strong><\/em> <strong>COMING SOON!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><h2>The Shared Journey<\/h2><p><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writing allows me to connect with and relate to others in a beautiful way; we all have a narrative, and I\u2019ve always been passionate about sharing mine in an effort to bridge the gaps between people, expose our similarities, and increase acceptance of one another. I call this \u201cthe shared journey.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This notion of \u201cthe shared journey\u201d has long been the WHY behind my writing. Through my words, I aim to illustrate that despite any differences we may have, we\u2019re all in this life together \u2013 thus, my tagline, \u201cconnecting hearts through stories.\u201d We are all connected through our shared stories and experiences.<\/span><\/p><h2>Some Fun Stuff<\/h2><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2936 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_8903-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_8903-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_8903-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_8903-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_8903-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_8903-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_8903-1320x990.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_8903-600x450.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When not working on my children&#8217;s books, yo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">u can likely find me <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reading, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">listening to podcasts, writing for fun (yes, I do that!), hanging with friends, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spending time in nature, having dance parties with my family and going to MN Twins games together!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3>Thank you so much for reading&#8230;\u00a0<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would be ever so grateful if you would join me on this collaborative adventure by reading my work and sharing any of your own thoughts and stories with me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~ Marissa<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1234ff2 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1234ff2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/blog\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">See what Marissa has been writing<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Marissa Bader Connecting Hearts Through&nbsp;Stories Through&nbsp;Stories Welcome! I\u2019m so happy you\u2019re here!\u00a0 My name is Marissa Bader, and I\u2019ve been a writer for as long as I can remember. Writing is so much more than what I do \u2013 it\u2019s who I am. As a small girl I would spend hours upon hours journaling, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3181,"href":"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/3181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marissabader.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}