Autor: Corey Johnson

Corey Johnson, Born: July 27 1956 in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Education: High School, Graduated from Lasalle Sr. High School in 1975. From 1975-1977 went to Niagara Community College in Sanborn, N.Y. From 1977 until 1981went to Suny Geneseo State University, in Geneseo, N.Y. Graduated with a B.A. degree in Speech Communication with a Minor in Public Relations and Sociology. After College I went to the Navy for three years. From 1982-1985. Three days before I went to the Military I married my girlfriend I met in college. Cathy A. Jones Johnson in Atlanta where I joined the Military. She resided in Rochester, N.Y. and came to Atlanta when I lived there with my older sister after I graduated from college. After I was Honorably Discharged from the Navy, After serving as a ships Yeoman. I moved to Rochester and worked at Hillside Children Center for four year. Working with emotionally disturbed children. After Hillside I worked At ARC (Association for Retarded Citizens) for two years in a ICF home with Willowbroke Clients. When I left ARC I took a state test and got a job at Finger Lakes DDSO (Monroe Developmental Center) Working with mentally challenged adult Clients in a Group Home setting. Have been there for almost twenty five years-from 1991until the present. I’ve been writing short stories since I was ten years old. While I have been at Finger Lakes I took a writing course at Monroe Community College in Rochester, N.Y. for two semesters. I took a correspondent writing course for two years to learn how to be a writer.