Author Monica Marie Jones

Monica Marie Jones is an author whose published works include The Ups and Downs of Being Round and Taste My Soul.  She is also a contributing author in Chicken Soup for the Girls Soul, New Directions for Youth Development and several publications and youth development training materials for the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation.  She has worked as a columnist and freelance writer for the Michigan Front Page Newspaper and does consulting, editing and content development for businesses and non-profit organizations. She is also a member of the Motown Writer’s Network, Business Women Attaining Millionaire Mindsets (B.A.M.M), Elysian Business Group, and Fully Figured Out.
 
Monica received her Bachelors Degree and teaching certificate in Elementary Education from Eastern Michigan University. She also received her Masters of Social Work from the University of Michigan.
 
In addition to writing Monica is a professional dancer, dance teacher, and aerobics instructor.  She has danced with Gospel recording artists including several venues around the United States with Dorinda Clark-Cole and a three-city tour in Japan with Kierra ‘Ki-Ki’ Sheard.  Currently she is an active member and the Executive Assistant for the Spirit of the Moment Praise Dance Ministry. 
 
Monica teaches youth dance at Washtenaw Community College in Ypsilanti, Michigan as well as Kick Boxing at Northwest Activities Center in Detroit.  Her next novel, Floss, will be released this year.