Cleo Lampos was born in Colorado, but grew up in Colorado, Iowa and Wisconsin. She earned a Bachelors in Education from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and a Masters in Education from St. Xavier College-Chicago. After 26 years of teaching in regular and special education, Lampos is retired from the classroom to her second career as writer. The magazine articles she has published reflect her experiences as a teacher, mother, wife, gardner assistant to her husband, and avid biography/history buff. An interest in the orphan train led her to attend an orphan train reunion and meet four former train riders. With her husband, she contributes to Share the Harvest, Childrens Hunger Fund, Pantry Kitchen and Bibles for Missions Thrift Shop. Her goal is to write about "teachers and other everyday heroes."
