Education
Scripps College, Bachelor’s Degree in English and Humanities, 1967-1971
California State University at Los Angeles, Master’s in English, 1973-1974
UCLA, California Single and Multiple Subject Credentials, 1975-1976
UCLA, completed all coursework for doctorate in English, 1978-1981
Pacific Oaks College, M.A. in Human Development and Marriage and Family Therapy, 1981-1987
Pacific University, M.F.A. in Writing with a Concentration in Poetry, 2013-2015
Employment
Assistant Teacher of Creative Dramatics, Ann Arbor Unified School District, 1971-72
Substitute Teacher, Ann Arbor Unified School District, 1971-72
Administrative Assistant, Handel Educational Film Company, 1974-75
Third Grade Teacher, Bonner School, Brentwood, CA, 1975-76
Student Teacher, UCLA Credential Program, Los Angeles Unified School District
Eighth Grade Creative Writing Teacher, Lone Hill School, Bonita Unified School District, 1977-1978
Tutor for Middle School and High School Students, Ruth Kranhouse Associates, 1978-81
Marriage and Family Intern and then Therapist, Southern California Counseling Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1981-2020
Director, School Outreach Services for the Southern California Counseling Center, Training and Supervising MFT interns in the Santa Monica Unified School District, 1990-2002
Associate Director of School Outreach for the Los Angeles Child Development Center, Training and Supervising MFT interns in the Culver City Unified School District,2000-2005
Poet, Lifetime Vocation
Volunteer Experiences
Clinical Supervisor and Trainer, Southern California Counseling Center, 1992-2020
WriteGirl. Los Angeles, CA, 2018-present
Publications
Numerous poetry journals and anthologies, including Quartet, Curator, The Lake, Third Wednesday, Grey Sparrow and
Cultural Daily:
https://culturaldaily.com/lin-nelson-benedek-two-poems/?output=pdf
Full-Length Collections:
2017 I Was Going to Be a Cowgirl, Kelsay Books
2018 When a Peacock Speaks to You in a Dream, Kelsay Books
2020 Singing Lessons, Kelsay Books
Readings and Presentations
2012-2015; Group Readings at Library Girl, curated by Susan Hayden, Santa Monica
2017 Book Launch for my first collection, I Was Going to be a Cowgirl, at Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA, with Susan Hayden and Alexis Rhone Fancher
2017 Reading of my first collection at the Flintridge Book Store with Lynne Thompson, Los Angeles Poet Laureate, and Elline Lipkin, Altadena Poet Laureate
2018 Book Launch for my second collection, When a Peacock Speaks to You in a Dream, with Susan Hayden and Alexis Rhone Fancher, Beyond Baroque, Venice
2020 Book Launch for my third collection, Singing Lessons, at the Flintridge Book Store, with Lynne Thompson, and Michelle Bitting
2020 Virtual book launch for Singing Lessons and Interview at Vroman’s Bookstore with David W. Reed
2020, Library Girl, Virtual Presentation of a Video of “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman”
2021, Library Girl, Virtual Presentation of a video of my poem, “Go Tell Aunt Rhody”
2021 Reading and Interview, Harry’s Poetry Hour, with poet Laurel Ann Bogen
Awards and/or Nominations
Martha May Banks Cup for English Composition
Pushcart Nomination, Quartet Literary Journal, for poem titled “Musings of an Okay Poet of the Twenty-First Century, “ 2021
Credentials and Licenses
California Community College Credential, English
California Single Subject Credential, English
California Multiple Subject Credential, K-12
California Marriage and Family Therapist License
Languages
English, French, Basic Spanish, Beginning Japanese