Dr. Terri Howard-Hughes

Dr. Terri Howard-Hughes was born in Dallas, Texas. Her father was a war correspondent and information officer for General Clay post WWII. He covered the Nuremberg trials for Esquire magazine and wrote 35 novels and screenplays. Howard-Hughes followed her father’s footsteps, getting her bachelors (journalism) and masters (radio/TV) degrees from Southern Methodist University, graduating at the top of her class. She went on to receive her Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Dallas in Art, Technology and Emerging Communications.

Howard-Hughes worked as a newspaper reporter and assistant producer on the TV show Today’s Family, which covered all aspects of raising children. She wrote, directed, produced and edited an award-winning informational video for ITIP – Infant and Toddler Intervention Program. ITIP is an organization that design special programs to address the educational and developmental needs of very young children with disabilities. She also produced videos for the Rise School which exists to give the highest quality of early education services to children ages six months to six years with and without disabilities in an inclusive environment.

Howard-Hughes has had her company, Mediaforce Productions for 22 years, producing hundreds of corporate videos as well as short films and documentaries. She is using her storytelling expertise from video scripts in writing these books for children. She has won 36 international and national awards for her writing, editing and video production.