Elizabeth Day

Elizabeth Day, author of the inspirational novel "Living with Gusto" and creator of TheGustoCafé.com, a website for daily empowerment, brings you the second book in the Notes from Gusto series: "Break Free."After graduating from Boston College, she joined Teach For America and taught English for five years. During that time, she earned her master's at DePaul University, developed a writing program for high-risk students that became a Model Program for Chicago's alternative public schools, and while teaching in Los Angeles, she was named Teacher of the Year. She went on to co-found a boutique publishing house where she helped launch the careers of highly successful authors, including Kaya McLaren and Jordan Sonnenblick, and received publishing and editing awards from the Northwest Book Publishers Association. After six years in the publishing industry, she closed the doors of the publishing house to become an independent editor. In her career as an award-winning editor, her clients included Amanda Turner, Robert Kiyosaki, and Master P.Elizabeth lives with her husband and two children in Todos Santos, Mexico, and San Clemente, California.