Suzette Martinez Standring

Brief Bio

Background

Suzette Martinez Standring is a self-syndicated columnist and writer living in Milton Massachusetts. Her work appears regularly in the Patriot Ledger (MA), the Milton Times (MA), and other newspapers and magazines. In 2004, she was awarded top prize in a short story contest sponsored by the Milton Public Library.  In 2003, Suzette was voted �Best Columnist� in the annual Best of Milton Survey by readers of the Milton Times.

Born in San Francisco, she spent most of her career in legal association management as Executive Director for the Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California, and other legal groups.

Suzette and husband David moved to the East Coast in 1996. Seeking reinvention, she developed and taught a meditation/journaling course at a Connecticut state prison for men.  Later, in New Jersey, she took an evening class in journalism.  The teacher/newspaper editor offered her a job. Assigned to cover the county seat, she later received an award for her coverage of the deer overpopulation problem from the Hunterdon County Board of Agriculture. Later, she began writing humor columns as personal therapy, which became a popular feature.

Moving to Massachusetts in 2000, Suzette joined the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and chaired the 2001Annual Meeting program in San Francisco. She was elected NSNC president for its 2004-2006 term.

Her crowning achievement is her daughter, Star.