Kathleen is a certified trainer with an educational program called “The Past is Prologue” and uses the Native American learning story in the classroom and with groups. Each year PIP has a workshop in October (see www.learningpeople.org)  She is on a new committee at Schreiner, The Center for Innovative Learning, that includes, among many programs, the PIP program and the Texas Heritage Living History Weekend and The Texas Music Coffeehouse Series.

Mother of three children, grandmother of five children, sister of four siblings, daughter of David and Annabel Pillow, Kathleen values family and her research reveals this.

Photo right:  Kathleen and her daughter, Lisa, an award-winning science teacher (and coach) currently teaching at Alamo Heights in San Antonio. One day they will both be presenting workshops for teachers, integrating the methods used in both science and the liberal arts.

Kathleen loves teaching, literature, stories and songs, riding Spirit (her horse) at sunset, dancing, listening to music, poetry, camping, Mexican food, chiles toreados, San Miguel de Allende (she teaches there each May and January), hot peppers, solitude in her writing cabin (The House of David which is named after her father), people, music festivals and more. “Eclectic” has become her middle name. Since August 5, 2007, her new roommate is her 14 year-old granddaughter, Jessica.  Now that is creating many new possibilities!

Contact Kathleen for programs, consulting, creative workshops, writing seminars, storytelling and presentations on any aspect of Texas music. The THMF office has multi-media presentations available for groups. She loves sharing the story! Kathleen has experience with national conferences (Young Rhetorician’s Conference in California each June), Elderhostel programs, in-service programs for teachers: presentations can range from one hour to a three-day training. Use your imagination when booking Kathleen for your conference or organization. She teaches technical communication, freshman composition, creative writing, mythology, world literature, advanced composition at Schreiner University. See the faculty page at Schreiner University for more information.

Areas of interest and experience
Workshops on the following:  power of stories in our lives; writing and discovery; creative writing in San Miguel de Allende; writing and traveling; self-reflection through writing; stories and songs as motivation; technical communication; mythology as a way of seeing; women’s voices

Kathleen can create and design a workshop for your individual needs!

Lectures on the following:  Voices of Women; Stories and songs in Texas music; Power of stories in our lives; San Miguel de Allende: a place of magical discovery; Inquiry and Reflection in our Lives; Business and professional writing; Motivation

Organizations:
THMF: Texas Heritage Music Foundation
Past is Prologue: A Learning Way
YRC: Young Rhetorician’s Conference
Pop Culture Association (National and Regional)
Texas Oral History Association
College Composition and Communication