Author Biography

Larraine Stanislaw is a married mother of three. Over a 35 year span, she partnered with her husband in several automotive entrepreneurial endeavors in the Flint, Michigan area. Through her experience she formed her own small business consulting service, assisting aspiring business owners and entrepreneurs through several agencies, including The Small Business Development Center, a collaboration of the Small Business Administration and area universities. She has written business plans and grants in conjunction with Mott Community College, Michigan Department of Career Development, and the University of Michigan-Flint; and taught a business plan writing course through the University of Michigan-Flint’s non-accredited course offerings.

She also served eight years on a state-mandated parent advisory committee for special education at the Genesee Intermediate School District, chairing the committee for three years, and serving as vice-chair for one year. During her tenure as chair person, she organized and chaired county-wide workshops for parents of special needs children, and was part of the GISD core-training team for the 1997 Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

She now takes the reader on a true life saga detailing a courageous eight year battle she and her husband embarked on in response to unprecedented events brought about by the actions of government officials that affected hundreds of small businesses in Michigan, and changed their life in a way they never imagined possible.

When the Stanislaws’ own business was eliminated through the actions of government officials, and their efforts to obtain justice seemed impossible to attain, she decided to focus her talents on their own personal saga, and turn it into a memoir detailing their plight and that of others affected. It was awarded the Aspiring Writers Association of America 2015 Manuscript Critique Award.