In 1979, Dr. Diorio accepted the call
of God on her life to become a writer. In 1995, God enlarged this
call to include that of teacher of the Word. Her ministry focuses
on this two-part call to write and to teach.
Dr. Diorio has written several hundred articles, short stories,
and poems that have appeared in over 100 national magazines, newspapers,
and journals, including The Saturday Evening Post, Billy
Graham's Decision Magazine, The Atlantic City Press,
and Human Events. She also served as head writer for the
television series Teen Machine. Currently, Dr. Diorio's
popular syndicated column, Winning with the Word. has been
published in newspapers throughout the country.
She has authored seven books: Selling Yourself On You: Discovering
God's Will for Your Life, Dating Etiquette for Christian
Teens, Balancing Your Budget God's Way, Making
Your Marriage Work, Writing Fiction for Children,
Writing Non-Fiction for Children and A Student's Guide
to Nathaniel Hawthorne and has been a contributor to seven
others: My Turn to Care (Thomas Nelson), Religious
Writer's Marketplace (Abingdon Press), The Young Generation
Book of Short Stories, Rest Stops for Busy Moms and
Rest Stops for Teachers (Broadman & Holman), The Heart of
a Teacher ( Bethany House in 2005), and God Answers Moms'
Prayers (Harvest House, 2005).
Dr. Diorio has produced two cassette tapes on writing: Discovering
God's Will for Your Writing, and Commercial Writing: A
Well-Kept Secret, in addition to several teaching tapes on
the Word of God. In 1990, Dr. Diorio won the $4000 Third Place Award
in the Annual AMY Writing Awards Program for her article entitled
From Feminism to Freedom. Her short story entitled The
Birthmark placed fifth in the 1990 National Writers' Club Short
Story Contest and ranked in the top 100 in the 1990 Writer's Digest
Short Story Contest. In 1992, she was awarded the Second Place Prize
in the Novel Category at the St. Davids Christian Writers' Conference.
Dr. Diorio has appeared on several radio and television
talk shows, including the nation-wide LeSea Alive program hosted
by the late Dr. Lester Sumrall. She has served as a distinguished
judge for the annual AMY Writing Awards Program and is a graduate
of CLASS (Christian Leaders, Authors, and Speakers Service).
Dr. Diorio is listed in International Who's Who, Who's
Who in the East, International Authors and Writers Who's
Who, Dictionary of International Biography, The
World Who's Who of Women, Who's Who in the World,
The International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women,
The National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals,
and Who's Who in America. Most important of all, Dr. Diorio
rejoices that she is listed in The Lamb's Book of Life!
A graduate of the University of Kansas where she earned
the Doctor of Philosophy degree in French and Comparative Literature,
Dr. Diorio has taught Italian at the University of Kansas, French
at the Pitman High School in Pitman, New Jersey, English, French,
Spanish, and Creative Writing at the Fairton Christian Center Academy
in Fairton, New Jersey, and French and Italian at Cumberland County
College in Vineland, New Jersey. She is currently Assistant Professor
of Italian at Camden County College in Blackwood, New Jersey.
She has served on the faculty of several writers' conferences, including
the Philadelphia Writers' Conference, the St. Davids Christian Writers
Conference, the Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers' Conference,
the Sandy Cove Christian Writers' Conference, and The New Jersey
Society of Christian Writers' Seminar. Dr. Diorio is also a graduate
of the three-year program of Rhema Correspondence Bible School,
a diplomate of The Institute of Children's Literature,
and a graduate of CLASS (Christian Authors and Speakers Services).
In 1984, Dr. Diorio founded Daystar Communications,
a writing and editing service based on 2 Peter 1:19 KJV: "We
have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that
ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until
the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts." The "Day
Star" in this verse of Scripture is Jesus Christ. Since 1984,
Daystar Communications has expanded its areas of ministry. To reflect
this expansion, the name was changed in 1998 to Daystar Ministries
International.
Dr. Diorio is also a Certified Life Coach, a Certified Behavioral
Consultant, and a Certified Biblical Counselor. She is a gifted
Bible teacher and founder and editor of Living Free! ezine.
In her Life Coaching practice, Dr. Diorio helps people
define their mission in life and to fulfill it. You may learn more
about Life Coaching at
www.LifeCoachingConsultants.us.
Dr. Diorio is a member in good standing of American Christian
Fiction Writers, The New Jersey Society of Christian Writers,
the Christian Writers' Guild, Writer's Information Network (WIN),
Christian Writers Fellowship International. the Christian
Coaches Network, the International Coach Federation,
the New Jersey Professional Coaches Association, the International
Coaches Association, and the Christian Chamber of Commerce.
For all that God has done and continues to do in her
life, Dr. Diorio gives Him all the praise and all the glory!
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