Joanne Vassallo Jamrosz is a contributing writer for US Figure Skating and the author of the award winning Skating Forward book series for children and young adults. Three of her Skating Forward titles received best young adult nonfiction and best in sports books from the Royal Dragonfly and Purple Dragonfly Book Awards. Mrs. Jamrosz is also a high school awards adjudicator for the Syracuse High School Musical Theater Awards (SHSTAS). She is the author of the eBook My First High School Musical: From Auditions to Opening Night and Everything in Between.