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E.M. author releases book, ‘Go for it, Girl!’ elements of her past up to that point and showing further developments as they occurred. “Every chapter that I wrote Theresa Crosby, 47, celebrated the launch of her new book was about my story, my person“Go for it, Girl!” with fans, al experience and what hapfriends, and family at the IBO pened, and then it gives a lot of advice — what to do, how to Networking Center on Jan. 31. Crosby, an East Meadow resi- navigate it, and to never feel dent and mortgage banker, that you’re alone,” she said. “No matter what, authored a book no matter how difthat is part autobiferent you are in ography and part this world, you’re wellness guide, still beautiful, exploring her expeyou’re still strong riences with menand you can rely on tal health, bullying THERESA CRoSBY other people.” and abuse at the Author The purpose of age of 12. the book is to give “I give my little story in the book about what young girls in similar situahappened to me, and I teach tions an outlet to understand girls how to kind of navigate what is happening to them and through every one of those sit- how to process their emotions. “If I can write a book about uations,” Crosby said. Each chapter of the book the things that I went through focuses on different events she and make it ‘PG,’ I can let girls experienced and what lessons know that they have a voice and they can empower themshe learned. “I had a story to tell,” she selves and be healed and they said. “As a young girl, I went have a safe space to go to,” she through a lot of stuff. I went said. Today, Crosby is a mortgage through abuse, attempted suicide, divorce, being bullied very banker, helping people find badly because I was very over- homes that meet their needs and support their lifestyles. By weight and heavy.” Crosby’s story begins in connecting people to their junior high school, reviewing Continued on page 20
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County Champ! Clarke High School senior Justin Gonzalez, top, captured the Nassau County Division 1 wrestling title at 160 pounds last Sunday night with a pin in the championship match against Calhoun’s Robert Bello.
EPIC Long Island to provide training to Hempstead employees By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com
The EPIC Family of Human Service Agencies in East Meadow is partnering with the Town of Hempstead to provide specialized training for public safety officers and lifeguards focused on recognizing and responding to individuals experiencing a seizure. The EPIC Family has been a lifeline for individuals facing epilepsy, intellectual disabilities and mental health challenges — offering personalized care and a supportive community — for more than six decades. The agency has three branches: EPIC Long Island, which supports individuals with disabilities; the Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island; and the South Shore Guid-
ance Center, a mental health and behavioral clinic in Freeport. The acronym, EPIC, stands for “Extraordinary People In Care.” Town Supervisor Don Clavin, members of the town board and a handful of lifeguards and public safety officials joined EPIC’s leadership to announce the training during a Feb. 10 news conference at the agency’s headquarters, at 1500 Hempstead Turnpike. The lifeguards and public safety officers receive a breadth of training in multiple areas of emergency, but are not trained on how to respond to a seizure episode. When Clavin was 16, he said, he worked as a lifeguard in a pool in Valley Stream when someContinued on page 10
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