Rachel Mauro: rmauro2@gmail.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelmauro Freelancing for InterfaithFamily.com My Italian Catholic Grandmother And My Jewish Upbringing, personal essay, published April 15, 2009 Christmas with Christians and Jews, personal essay, published December 9, 2008 This is Not Your Mother's Synagogue, personal essay, published August 21, 2008 (link defunct) A Real Movie About Complicated Families: Then She Found Me, movie review, published May 16, 2008 My Spiritual Journey, and My Father's, personal essay, published May 8, 2008 Contributing editor at B'nai B'rith Magazine Winter 2008-Summer 2010; click link to view editions online Multimedia Stories for Maryland Newsline (including photo, audio and/or video components) Find screenshots of my work in Web production here. Growing Numbers of Seniors Choose to Age at Home (defunct), published Jan. 25, 2008 Students Combine Interests to Create Local Blog on Development, published Dec. 13, 2007 Chronic Patients Relying on the Internet for Medical Information, Survey Finds, published Dec. 5, 2007 Maryland Research Scientists Create Invisibility Cloak (defunct), published Nov. 21, 2007 (featuring an interactive quiz about invisibility in pop culture, published Nov. 16, 2007) East Campus Project Would Meld Work, Living and Play Spaces, Officials Say, published Oct. 17, 2007 Soundslides presentation: The Maryland Renaissance Festival, published Oct. 12, 2007 Stories of Jewish interest for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) Blacks, Jews come together to plant trees for Coretta King, published April 29, 2007 Groups revving up to fight ruling on late-term abortion, published April 19, 2007 Receiving award, Carter calls for U.S. peace push, published April 6, 2007 After visiting Israel, fire chiefs wonder about U.S. preparedness, published March 14, 2007 Hillel, JCPA focus on environment with 'carbon-neutral' conferences, published March 2, 2007 YouTube appeal for gift baskets for troops exceeds expectations, published Feb. 22, 2007 Other Assignments Loan Relief Program An Effort To Relieve Nursing Shortage, Prince George's Sentinel: published July 5, 2007 Takoma Park conference builds on a green theme (pdf: part one, part two), The (Maryland) Gazette: published Feb. 21, 2007 Event Has Kids Dancing Winter Blues Away (pdf: part one, part two), Prince George's Sentinel: published Feb. 15, 2007 Bowie Coat Drive Shows the Charitable Side of Commerce, Prince George's Sentinel: published Feb. 8, 2007 Gardeners reap benefits of seed swap (pdf), The (Maryland) Gazette: published Jan. 31, 2007 Free health care serves as unique tribute to King (pdf: part one, part two,) Prince George's Sentinel: published Jan. 21, 2007 Town's Postmark A Holiday Tradition, (pdf: part one, part 2) The Washington Times: published Dec. 10, 2006 Downtown Silver Spring Becomes Shopping Draw, The (Maryland) Gazette: published Nov. 29, 2006 Art and relaxation are key to pottery class in Hyattsville, Prince George's Sentinel: published Nov. 23, 2006 Author advocates eschewing the fat and going vegan (pdf: part one, part two), The (Maryland) Gazette: published Nov. 1, 2006 Write...Write As Fast As You Can!, Unwind!: published November, 2006 Teen center not a budget-buster for GapBuster (pdf), The (Maryland) Gazette: published Oct. 18, 2006 Hillel works to reach out to grad students, The (College Park) Mitzpeh: originally published Oct. 13, 2006 Tour Offers Historical Glimpses, The (Baltimore) Examiner: published Oct. 10, 2006