Janis Parker Pressley is a native of Atlanta, Georgia now living in the high desert city of Apple Valley, California. She is a widow and mother of three adult children and proud graduate of Clark Atlanta and Central Michigan Universities. Janis has worked as a leader in not for profit and for profit corporations. Janis enjoys event planning, fundraising, volunteering and currently works an advocate for women and people of color. An avid traveler, her goal is to visit as many countries as possible for as long as she can. Broken Pieces is her first published book.