Gabrielle Zane has over fifteen years of experience developing and implementing varieties of curriculum and has taught students of all ages. Her programs utilize creative writing as a tool for improving students' skills in the writing process and expression through the arts. She conducts highly effective programs in poetry, oral history, personal essay and drama. Her "Write Perspectives" program has been used with special education and at-risk populations. Her curriculum often incorporates the exploration of cultural diversity and tolerance through writing.

Ms. Zane holds a degree Education with a focus on Special Education. She worked for ten years as an educator and Prevention Specialist before obtaining an M.F.A. in Writing and Literature from Bennington College.

Her background and training in working with at-risk youth and her work as a poet and creative writing instructor provides Ms. Zane with a unique combination of skills as a writer-in-residence.