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Anita S. Lane is a freelance writer, columnist, and conference speaker who is passionate about empowering women, mothers and families. She is the founder and editor of Keeping Family First online family magazine. (http://keepingfamilyfirst.org). 

A prolific writer, Anita is committed to pursuing her passion for encouraging other moms.  “My heart goes out to every mom in America.  We lead very busy, complex lives today.  We need to encourage one another and every mom needs to know that she is not alone.” 

In January of 2005, Anita launched Keeping Family First online magazine which serves as an online community of moms. Keeping Family First “expert” moms write on topics ranging from fitness, health, parenting, business, fashion, home organization, finance, and more. In September of 2005, Keeping Family First for Dads was launched with Randall Bonser serving as the KFF for Dads editor.

Keeping Family First offers hundreds of resources and features new authors and exclusive celebrity interviews. If you want to know how many of today’s celebrated entertainers, businesspersons and authors are Keeping Family First, ask Anita Lane.  Gifted at asking the right questions—and getting answers—Anita has captured one-on-one, in-depth interviews with many renown personalities, including Cathy Hughes, Tavis Smiley, CeCe Winans, Kirk & Tammy Franklin, Holly Robinson Peete, Yolanda Adams, Donna Richardson Joyner, B. Smith, Bishop Keith A. Butler, Roland S. Martin, Valorie Burton and others. You can hear many of these interviews by logging on to http://keepingfamilyfirst.org/backissues.html.

Prior to becoming a stay-at-home mom, Anita earned both a bachelors degree in political science and a masters degree in public policy from the University of Michigan.  She worked for over ten years in the field of community development—managing and marketing programs, and procuring millions of dollars for family and youth-serving organizations in the city of Detroit.

In a warm, down-to-earth and often humorous fashion, Anita writes and speaks on the topic of motherhood, as well as societal and policy issues that affect today's families. She authors a column for moms at http://www.justformom.com, and is a regular contributor to Hope for Women Magazine. Her editorials on family and society have been published in The Detroit News and she is a contributing author in the August 2006 release, Chicken Soup for the African American Woman's Soul.

Her first book, Lessons My Toddler Taught Me:  A Devotional for Mothers of Young Children, was released March 16, 2007. Visit LessonsMyToddlerTaughtMe.com to learn more. A native Detroiter, Anita resides in Michigan with her husband and four young children.

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