Jannat BeyHayward, CA 94704 | jmlives2write@hotmail.com |

Objective  I want to awaken listeners around the world to the powers of jazz and literary arts to heal and transform individuals and communities by using my passion for writing to leave the world just a little better off than I found it.

Professional ExperienceCreator - Fifty Shades of Jazz|Improvising Life through Jazz - WebsiteNovember 1, 2014 to Present - Launched, grew, wrote and edited post for niche jazz website with over 5,000 subscribers including social media networks of all ages from all walks of life worldwide. Mindfulness Meditations/ reflections on my transformative and healing journey living with Secondary Breast Cancer Complications by applying Jazz/Zen Mindfulness philosophy in addition to Health & Wellness lifestyle techniques. Features finding jazz in everyday life thru music, videos, film, art, and literary arts, Taste of Jazz recipes, knowledge and wisdom using spirituality, philosophy, social commentary, and health related topics that include various other mindfulness thought-provoking subjects.  

Education Artist Trust- EDGE Development Program for Literary Artists Seattle WA Class of 2013Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA- Master Class in Prose with Midge Raymond 3/22 – 5/24/10 Cancer Lifeline, Seattle, WA-Poetry Writing with Esther A. Helfgott, 10/12/2005 - 03/2006 New York University - Continuing Education -NY, NY Certificate- Journalism Class of 1994 Fairleigh Dickinson University - Teaneck, NJ , M.S. Human Anatomy/Neuroscience Class of 1979Rutgers University, NCAS, - Newark, NJ B.A. - Communications Class of 1975

Projects, Publications and Readings1/2014 – Present – . The Sound I Felt- Creative memoir work in progress.04/14/2013 - The Sound I Felt Reading @ Elliott Bay Books Seattle, WA – 4/14/1304/01/2010 Heart’s Desire, by Jannat Bey, Reading @ Pacific Place Gallery, Seattle WA 11/13/2008 11/02/2008 Boundaries, Inner Sense, Worthlessness, Poetry Reading @ Blank Space Gallery, Seattle WA1/09/2006 Poet’s Room, http://eahelfgott.blogspot.com/2006/01/esthers - classes - trigger - poem - by - cathy.html 11/28/2005 Am I A Woman, http://eahelfgott.blogspot.com/2005/11/trigger - poem - waldman - fast - speaking.html

Relevant Experiences/Publication/Internships

Author - “Zina Garrison Plays to Win”, by Jannat Bey Hooper, Jean Perry, Ed., Essence Magazine, June 1985,V15:107

Satellite Transcriber – ABCTV News Good Morning America Show Download & transcribe media. 1982 Abstractor/Writer – Associate Consultants, Inc – Washington DC – Intl. Army Nerve Gas Database –

Download Satellite Research DB -abstracted antidotes and etiology for field use. Copyeditor – Journal of Pharmaceutical Science – Fact and formula,checking, proofreading- 1981. Researcher/writer/intern on Bebop and Big Band Sound “JAZZ: THE AMERICAN ART FORM”- (WABC-TV)

Gil Noble - Host. Emmy Award October 1, 1972.