Our pivotal teenager characters, the sensitive Bottoms,
best friend Bridges, and rich - bitch
Shepherd, who comes between the boys for a time, may each lose their virginity, but they are so unfulfilled and confused that their rites of passage signal more the death of
youth and innocence than a new - born maturity.
Special Education Leader Fellowship St. Augustine St. Michael Special School St. Stephen's Stand for Children Louisiana Success Preparatory Academy T F A Teach for America — GNO The Chartwell Center The
Good Shepherd School The Lighthouse for the Blind NO Tulane University Cowen Institute Warren Easton Charter School Foundation YA YA Young Aspirations / Young Artists Young Audiences
Youth Empowerment Project
Youth Run NOLA
Professional Experience
Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pastor (Claremont, CA) Year — Present Lord of Life Evangelical Lutheran Church, Interim Pastor (Moreno Valley, CA) 7/2006 — Present Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, Intern, Clinical Pastoral Education, Chaplain (Glendale, AZ) 1/2006 — 6/2007 La Casa de Cristo Evangelical Lutheran Church, Associate Pastor (Scottsdale, AZ) 6/2000 — 11/2005 AC Green
Youth Foundation, Educator & Director of Program Development (Phoenix, AZ) 1997 — 6/1999 North United Methodist Church, Intern, Assistant Pastor & Director of
Youth (Hartford, CT) 1994 — 1995 Pocono Mountain Leisure Ministry Faith Lutheran Church ELCA, Intern, Chaplain /
Youth Pastor (Blakeslee, PA) 1993 Horace Bushnell Human Service Center, Inc., Director (Hartford, CT) 1990 — 1993 Horace Bushnell United Church of Christ, Assistant Pastor & Director of
Youth & Family (Hartford, CT) 1990 — 1993 Federal Express Corporation, Courier / PT Sales (El Segundo, CA) 1986 — 1989 Greater Bethany Pentecostal Church, Minister & Director of
Youth Ministry (Los Angeles, CA) 1981 — 1989
Dowdle and her husband founded The
Shepherd's Watch Ministries, which offers summer camp to the community, as
well as a year - round residential program for at - risk
youths ages 13 - 18, in foster care, on their 60 - acre farm.