Nancy Smirl Jorgensen
Nancy Jorgensen earned a Bachelor of Music from Alverno College and a Master of Music from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A high school choir director for many years, she is the co-author of two music education books, "Things They Never Taught You in Choral Methods" and "From the Trenches: Real Insights from Real Choral Educators". She is also the author of several essays and an Olympic blog published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Her most recent book, "Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold," was co-authored with daughter Elizabeth and published by Meyer & Meyer Sport.
Nancy and her husband, Joel, have two daughters. Older daughter Elizabeth Jorgensen teaches Creative Writing, Composition, and Journalism at Arrowhead
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