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Marlene Shigekawa is the producer and co-writer of the documentary film, For the Sake of the Children, to be released in October 2014. . As a screenwriter, she has written, Hawk Dreamer, for which she has won several screenwriting awards, Hunting Picassoand Mohave Junction. With her writing partner, Matthew Riutta, she has written TV pilots, Skip West and Proud Mary. A children’s books author of Blue Jay in the Desert and Welcome Home Swallows, her book readings have been broadcast on National Public Radio. She is the author of Succeeding in High Tech: A Guide to Building Your Career, published by John Wiley & Sons, and articles for the Wall Street Journal’s National Employment Weekly. She attended the Screenwriting Program in 2006 and 2012. www://forthesakeofthechildren.blogspot.com