Liz Funk is a speaker, journalist, and author writes about Generation Y, focusing especially on perfectionism, young women’s wellness, and youth trends.  She has been published in USA Today, the Christian Science Monitor, Newsday, the Washington Post, New York magazine, AOL.com, CosmoGIRL!, the Huffington Post, the New Jersey Record, the Baltimore Sun, the Nation, Tango magazine, Vibe Vixen magazine, the Times Union, and Girls’ Life, among other publications. For two years, she wrote a blog about young women’s issues for the Albany, NY newspaper the Times Union.  Her poetry and short stories have been published in the Rockland Review, the Georgetown Review, Peace and Freedom (UK), and Offerta Speciale (Italy), among many other media outlets.

Liz is an avid speaker who frequently gives lectures and teaches workshops about perfectionism, college student stress reduction, and journalism.  She has spoken at Cornell University, Rice University, New York University, Boston University, Columbia University, Colgate University, Emerson College, the University of Virginia, American University, Penn State University, the University of Iowa, the University of Missouri, Hampshire College, and Mississippi State University, among scores of other colleges.  She is a regular instructor at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s conferences for high school journalists at Columbia University.  Liz also works as a writing coach for aspiring journalists, poets, and novelists; you can e-mail her at lizDOTfunk@gmailDOTcom for more information and rates.

Supergirls Speak Out: Inside the Secret Crisis of Overachieving Girls is Liz’s first book, which was featured in Newsday, Elle, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and on the Today Show.  Liz is a 2009 graduate of Pace University and lives in upstate New York.  Her assistant is a collie named Buddy.