Amy Burkhardt

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Daughter of Heroines

The year is 2023 but it feels as if the calendar has rolled back a hundred years for women and girls in Virginia, and just about anywhere else in the Western world. Hyperbolic? Over the top? Sadly, no. Each day women are censored, denigrated, and erased; called bigots for speaking biological fact; losing to men …

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Present; Forward, in a Poem

Margot Heffernan, MLS, has an entry in the book Jesus the Imagination: A Journal of Spiritual Revolution: Christ-Orpheus (Volume Three 2019)

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings   Words, I love them more as I get older. They, like ancestors, pull me; assembling, as visitation; gathering around midnight. And they, outfitted in the garb of ancient kin, are sitting; close. …

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Margot Heffernan presented with the 2012 Tutor Merit Award

Margot Heffernan accepts the Tutor Merit Award from the Skyline Literacy Coalition

On Saturday, May 19, 2012, the Skyline Literacy Coalition of Harrisonburg/Rockingham County presented Margot Heffernan with the Tutor Merit Award.  Margot was nominated because of her dedication to her past and present students. Her work with ESOL classes shows her commitment to her students and to literacy in the Harrisonburg/Rockingham community. Skyline Literacy recognizes Margot’s …

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What sets us apart from traditional tutoring services?

Margot is an experienced writer who understands the structure of the English language very well and is able to convey ideas in a clear and understandable way. Equally important to Margot’s unique service is her ability to successfully interact with a wide variety of people. Margot has worked closely with different age groups and individuals …

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What sets us apart from the competition?

Traditional library and research services provide database searches and referrals to standard textbooks and medical literature. Heffernan Research delivers comprehensive perspectives on client inquiries that integrate findings from authoritative literature into a complete research paper. Clients get much more than a static list of medical articles or references that must be tediously poured through; instead, …

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