Cheryl Murfin, photo by Joe Shapiro
About
Cheryl Murfin is a writer, photographer, and a certified (Amherst Writers & Artists method) writing workshop facilitator.
She received her BA in journalism from the University of Washington and spent several years as a newspaper reporter before working as a magazine editor, contributor and photographer. She continues to regularly publish as freelance writer and on the blog A Voice on the Road.
Cheryl has published work in Seattle's Child Magazine, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, A New Arrival, Washington CEO Magazine, Washington's Child, Washington Business Monthly, Alaskan Airlines Magazine, Seattle Woman Magazine and others. She was co-author of the travel book The Lobster Press Guide to Exploring Seattle and a contributor to the Fodor's Travel guide The Old West.
She served as communications director for the statewide nonprofit child welfare organization Children's Home Society of Washington and as executive director of the nonprofit vocational Seattle Midwifery School (now at Bastyr University).
Cheryl earned her MA in Integrated Arts and Education from the prestigious Creative Pulse program at the University of Montana, where she studied the connection between walking and boosted creativity and its impact on writing. That thesis work led her to create Compass Writers, a long-distance walking writer’s workshop.
When she’s not writing or leading others in writing, Cheryl teaches childbirth education, supports families in the transition from pregnancy to parenthood, and offers newborn and family photography services through Nesting Instincts Perinatal Care. In her free time, Cheryl paints, reads, travels and points her camera at places and things rather than at people.
Contact
Cherylmurfin@gmail.com
206.604.3280
Either by direct call or the form below I look forward to hearing from you.