Marnie Howard currently resides in New York City and is actively involved in several children’s charitable organizations such as Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Project Sunshine and Little Lighthouse Foundation. In addition to her elementary school substitute teaching experience, Marnie Howard has 20 years of sales and marketing expertise in the advertising, pharmaceutical and real estate industries. She is the author of the book Giving is Living: 101 Ways to Practice Effortless Generosity (released 2009) published by Hatherleigh Press and distributed by Random House. Originally from Colorado and having lived in Denver, Dallas, Miami, Los Angeles, New York, and traveled to over two dozen countries, gives her a unique global perspective on kindness in the world we live in today.