| April 26, 2010 |
| 6:45 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
TDWCC’s April general meeting will feature special guest speaker Andrea White. Andrea White is an author, blogger, community activist, and passionate supporter of her husband Bill White, Democratic Candidate for Governor of Texas. (Preston Ridge Campus of Collin College, 9700 Wade Blvd Frisco, Texas, Founders Hall, Shawnee Room F148.)
Andrea White: author, blogger, community activist, and Passionate Supporter of her husband Bill White, Democratic Candidate for Governor of Texas
Andrea White wears many hats–wife, mother, author, friend, blogger, education and community activist, and P.S., which is short for Passionate Supporter. The initials, P.S., continue to take on new meaning for Andrea, most recently asking others to Please Support her husband, Bill, as he Pursues State office as Governor of Texas.
Andrea and Bill have been married for 25 years and have three children, a son freshly graduated from Wake Forest now working on his dad’s campaign, a daughter majoring in Energy Studies at Rice University, and a high school-aged son who is a basketball player applying to colleges.
While Andrea always knew it was a possibility that Bill would enter Politics Someday, she said there was no way to prepare for the reality of it. After some initial apprehension, Andrea quickly learned that she actually enjoyed most of the things she feared. She describes her Political Spouse role as a truly unique and wonderful volunteer job where she has been able to focus on her passion for education, literacy, and keeping kids in school.
When Andrea is not working hard making sure that kids are reading, she’s writing books for them. While in her mid-40s, Andrea embarked on a new career as a writer, something she had thought about since childhood. Her four books have all been published during the six years Bill was Mayor of Houston. The books include her journal of public life, P.S. Passionate Supporter and Political Spouse as well as three young-adult historical fiction titles (Surviving Antarctica, Window Boy and Radiant Girl). Andrea won a Golden Spur award for her first book, Surviving Antarctica, and it was selected for the Texas Bluebonnet List. She hopes to publish her latest book Windows on the World, Book One of the UPcity Chronicles soon.
Before Andrea was a published author and a P.S., she practiced law and was one of the first female partners at a major Texas law firm. She received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas.
Andrea invites visitors to her blog at http://passionatesupporter.com.
