AGE:  66
RELATIONSHIP STATUS:  Married
RESIDENCE:  NYC
SONS NAMES/AGES: Jake Ospa 31; Jonathan Ospa 25

I write musicals, and I am passionate about having my work out in the world. I would like to break through and have my work wind up Off Broadway maybe Broadway sometime. It would be such fun to have that happen.  Visit http://www.librarytheater.com/about2.html

What was your road to parenthood like?  It was rough. Took my husband and I while to feel financially ready to have children. My first one miscarried. That was hard. Then Jake was born in 1985. I was an advertising copywriter, and I left the profession and began Writing Musicals for children. I took Jake to my composer’s home, and we wrote in-between Jake’s naps.  Then it took 6 years to have a second baby. I was 43 at the time.

How does being a mom influence your work?  At age 5, Jon was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome. That changed everything. I was working with a new composer, Daniel Neiden, at the time, and we began a journey together writing Musicals to teach kindness and raise social consciousness.

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