: About Me

Gloria Allen worked as an English-Spanish legal interpreter for different agencies in NYC in the 1980's and as such, came to discover the common communication gap between the non-Spanish speaking attorneys and their Hispanic clients, hindering the actual deposition process. In order to bridge this gap, she came up with the unique idea of writing a series of manuals in English and Spanish explaining what a deposition is, and the most commonly-asked questions for a number of personal injury areas. Her work was endorsed by fourteen top attorneys, including Harry Lipsig (now deceased) former President of NY State Trial Lawyers Assoc. She self-published her three books using the endorsements and sold to lawyers in 24 states.

She attended East West College of the Healing Arts in Portland, OR becoming a licensed massage therapist and worked on clients for eight years until the market became glutted with practitioners, making it difficult to earn a living.

Since 2000, she has written poetry, humorous prose and currently writes and is a percussionist in a jazz trio.

She is presently a volunteer for the Presidential candidate Ron Paul's campaign.

Thinking outside the box is my forte and enjoy finding unique solutions to problems

Politics, News & Issues > Energy Issues Should energy independence be a high priority in the US?

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Of course, absolutely yes! Energy independence should be our first priority in the US and probably, as it looks now, about the only thing that will strengthen America. The focus must be on clean, sustainable, renewable energy, here on American land. While many make the argument for drilling oil here in America, I feel that that this is undesirable. We'd be creating more fossil fuels polluting the planet; disturbing ecosystems; risking more oil spills and giving more power to big oil. Like they need more power. More power to raise their oil prices whenever they feel like it, leaving us at t...

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