Mary J. Tarowsky, St. Clairsville, Ohio :: is an award-winning professional storyteller who earned her graduate certificate in storytelling from UNT and whose work appears in the digital web concert, “Spinning Yarns,” presented by UNT. She co-chairs and performs at the Prickett’s Fort Storytelling Festival and Grand Vue Park Storytelling Festival and performs in other festivals in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. She is vice president of the West Virginia Storytelling Guild and a member of the Ohio Organization for the Preservation of Storytelling.