Mary Grace Bertulfo

Teaches at Taleblazers, Creative Writing for Kids

Mary Grace Bertulfo (Ms. M.G.) is a tireless cheerleader of her students’ creative process. She has taught writing and story development strategies to a wide range of students from early childhood to college, in libraries, schools, Girl Scout meetings, and on nature walks. Ms. M.G. delights in creating spaces (fixed or nomadic) where young writers can explore and give voice to their own writing process. She has written for television and children’s education in such venues as CBS, Pearson Education Asia, and Schlessinger and for conservation magazines such as Sierra and Chicago Wilderness. Her fiction has appeared in Growing Up Filipino II and Amerasia Journal.

Globe-trekking. Internationally, she and her family have hiked, snorkled, and sailed in the Philippines, Greece, Japan, Mexico, England, and the Galapagos Islands. Locally, Ms. M.G. was founder and organizer of “Talk Story,” an Oak Park children’s reading series produced by Families and Friends of Asian American Students (FAASt) and sponsored by the Oak Park Library and the D97 Multicultural Resource Center.