Please allow me introduce myself.
My name is Susan Brauer. At present, I’m Dean of Academic Affairs at DeVry University, Chicago, a successful engineer, mother of six, author, owner and president of a publishing company, and very actively working to empower women to believe in themselves and to follow their dreams. However, this was not always the case. When starting out on the road to a higher education at the age of 33, my husband and six childeren also came along for the ride. My original educational goal was to be a secretary and eight years later I graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. 

It is because of my journey from homemaker to hardware engineer that I have become passionate about sharing my experiences with other women for the purpose of enlightening, motivating, and encouraging them to pursue their own personal dreams. And it is for this purpose that I have taken the opportunity whenever it has been possible, to speak to women of all ages and backgrounds, hoping to slip nuggets of knowledge in there pockets, to be used in the present, or to be rediscovered when needed in their future.

In this age of plant closures, downsizing and lay-offs the need for self improvement and self investment is more important than ever. My presentations and workshops encourage participants to take charge and direct the changes in their lives, empowering them to redefine themselves in their own eyes, as well as in the eyes of others.

Additionally, I have published my first book, Just Keep Dancing. Having been among the 2.5 million American women per year that are abused, I provide for the reader a look into the tapestry of my life and turbulent 20 year relationship and marriage to my childhood sweetheart, recounting how that relationship turned abusive and then ultimately violent and dangerous. Then in detailing the event that forced me to make a major life change and the story of how this self awakening brought control, hope and success into my life leaves the reader with the powerful message that it truly is never too late to live happily ever after.

For more information please visit www.DreamersTapestry.com
and www.SusanBrauer.com.