Erica Mimran Sherlock
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Erica Mimran Sherlock

Teen & Young Adult
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After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, Erica Sherlock attended Vanderbilt University for her Master’s degree in Education. Once she began her career in the classroom, she quickly realized the need for further study in the realm of mental health. In order to better address the myriad concerns that impact a child’s ability to learn, she chose to earn a Master’s degree from the University of LaVerne in School Counseling as well. Over the course of her twenty-three years in both upper elementary and middle school, two unexpected but fundamental needs made their way to the core of the classroom: mindfulness and discourse. Erica witnessed firsthand the rampant growth of student anxiety from one school year to the next. It is quite difficult for adolescents to navigate the pressures of social media, let alone their world during these seemingly unstable times, and it has hence riddled this generation with worries and a loss of hope. She felt compelled to seek information regarding mindfulness practices and, in turn, developed a research-based daily curriculum in an effort to equip her students with healthy tools and life skills. Furthermore, Erica regarded critical thinking skills as a top priority and worked tirelessly to help her students develop and practice the imperative skills of inquiry, reasoning, and analysis. Somewhere along the line, many members of society lost the ability to have exchanges about difficult topics with people of differing opinions. Instead of sharing perspectives in order to reach an enlightened state of better understanding, people often now avoid the issues entirely, as well as the people with opposing views. In Erica’s classroom, the students tackled the hard things. They researched all angles, challenged personal confirmation biases, and learned to discuss taboo topics from multiple perspectives. To this day, Erica prays the students apply those skills as adults. Erica Sherlock relied upon decades of both personal and vicarious experiences as she crafted Through Quick and Quinn. She spent the better part of her life in the trenches with adolescents, empathizing with their joys and their strife, their hopes and their angst. Inspired by the hundreds of students who taught her more about life than she did them, and fueled by her lifelong dream of becoming an author, Erica has channeled her experiences into her debut book. When she isn’t snuggling with her dog, talking to her garden plants, or feeding all of the neighborhood critters, she is surely enjoying a cup of coffee and meaningful conversation with her family and close friends.
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