Award-winning Author.

Social-Emotional Learning Expert.

Humanities adjunct.

The Secret Song of Shelby Rey

NEW! From SparkPress/Simon & Schuster
A story of love, music, addiction, and self-discovery. For fans of Gayle Forman and Sarah Dessen, a musically gifted teen in 2008 Los Angeles gets caught up in the tumultuous world of a narcissistic rock star and his brilliant but herion-addicted bandmate.

A Song for the Road

“Creativity, Victory, Heart, Discipline-four words that mean so much to the main character and a common thread that the author weaves throughout. This is an entertaining tale about love and family and how it looks a little different for everyone.”

The Eric Hoffer Book Awards

Dream Up Now: The Teen Journal for Creative Self-Discovery

Readers explore emotions, create art, and envision life’s possibilities. Dream Up Now offers a safe space for creative self-expression of all emotions, both positive and negative. Readers move from dark (negative) to light (positive) emotions. For example:

  • From tired to fired up
  • From confused to confident
  • From jealous to appreciative
  • From loss to peace

My Life Journal - for kids 8-12

Encourage readers’ hands, hearts, and minds with this fun and motivating journal that promotes social-emotional learning. The My Life Journal inspires kids to grow in self-awareness, name their feelings, make friends, give a good apology, cultivate gratitude, and feel confident!

SEL Solutions

Social-emotional Learning activities and creative writing worksheets that are multicultural, wholistic and solution-focused perspectives designed by Rayne!

Humanities Adjunct

Masters of Arts in Humanities /Creative Writing &
Social-Emotional Learning, Antioch University
Certification for Teaching Higher Education, Harvard University

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