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This is the story of my return to high school.
This is the story of how I didn’t die.
At 13, Cyndy was homeless. At 14, she was locked up. At 15, she was suicidal. At 30, she was teaching tough teens at an alternative school.
Today Cyndy is a bestselling young adult author. Honest and raw, her memoirs bring readers into the life of a kid who will do anything to feel accepted.
When she’s not writing, Cyndy is coaching teens. With humor and non-judgement, she helps kids figure out what they most want, and how to get it.
Cyndy holds a Master’s degree in Secondary Education and a Bachelor’s degree in English and American Studies from the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is a Certified Youth Life Coach via Youth Coaching Institute, and a licensed English, Special Education and English as a Second Language teacher.
Cyndy’s two memoirs, The Dead Inside: A True Story and its sequel, We Can’t Be Friends: A True Story are published by Sourcebooks Fire.
After years of hopscotching across the country, Etler now lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband and her dogs.