Believing in female fortitude and risk-taking power, Diana Coleman enjoys conducting engaging presentations to motivate others by sharing women’s inspirational stories during the second half of life. She interviewed many women and documented twenty-six stories of women taking diverse risks for her book Women Going For It! Taking Risks After 50.
A former administrator, Diana raised funds for education, health, and microenterprise, for organizations including Save the Children, the University of California, Berkeley, the International Museum of Women, and Pen Bay Healthcare Foundation. An avid and enthusiastic traveler, work and studies have taken her to Central America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. She served on the board of Mpanzi, supporting women and girls in Kenya. Diana has a B.A. from Russell Sage College, and an M.A. from American University. Originally from Massachusetts, she lived thirty years in San Francisco. When not traveling, she resides in Maine.
Diana’s published stories include: “Walking the Breakwater,” in Coastal Maine in Words and Art, 2019,” and travel essays, “A Memorable Encounter,” “Road Trip,” and “Glimpses of Kenya from a Mzungu Woman,” in the Goose River Anthology, 2021, 2017, and 2015.
Women Going For It! Taking Risks After 50
Twenty-six dynamic women, 50s through 80s, share their compelling risk-taking stories with grit and humor. Donating a kidney to a stranger, building schools in Ethiopia, racing around a Roller Derby track—they triumph over fears and offer advice. Tools for taking risks are included. From Maine to California, Costa Rica to Kenya, these women will entertain and inspire you.
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Coastal Maine in Words and Art
Diana Coleman’s fictional story, "Walking the Breakwater,” created to accompany Yorozuya Yohaku’s photograph of Rockland Maine's "Breakwater Light,” was selected in a writing competition.
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Goose River Anthology, 2021
A fine collection of the best poetry, fiction, and essays submitted from all parts of the United States and Canada.
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Goose River Anthology 2017
A fine collection of the best poetry, fiction, and essays submitted from all parts of the United States and Canada.
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Goose River Anthology 2015
A fine collection of the best poetry, fiction, and essays submitted from all parts of the United States and Canada.
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