Mike Apodaca is an ordained minister with a master’s degree in theology who pastored a church for nine years. He is a retired public-school educator who has taught from kindergarten to college. He considers his greatest partnership to be that with his wife of forty years.

As speaker and a writer, and president of the High Desert branch of the California Writer’s Club, you may have guessed, Mike loves writing! He has received the coveted Jack London Award for his dedication to the writer’s club. Mike has written eight books (four self-published), and stories in anthologies (including two in the prestigious Literary Review), and newspaper articles. He’s also a member of the On-Topic speaker’s bureau. He enjoys reading, writing, and talking with writers.