About the Author

Patricia A. Saunders was born and raised in Connecticut before relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area thirty years ago. She received her Master’s in Management from the University of Phoenix in 2011. After the passing of her mother, who had Alzheimer’s, Patricia decided that all the words that she kept to herself were to be released.

Her work has been featured on a Coast to Coast Book Tour at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Toronto Word On The Street, Sacramento Black Book Fair, Tucson Book Festival, Miami International Festival of Books, and AARP Life@50+ Spring Convention. Also on In the Company of Poet, Women Owned Business Club Magazine, and Alysha Live! Radio Show and Coach Deb Bailey's Secret of Success Talk Radio. In 2018, she was selected among 100 Authors to participate the Black Caucus Annual Convention Author’s Pavillon.

Saunders is a certified Motivational Speaker from the Professional Woman Network. She has been a panelist at the National Book Club Conference, the University of Phoenix Alumni Association, and a repeat workshop presenter for The Annual Empowering Womxn of Color Conference. She also is featured in the Speakers Magazine, where she discussed her specialty of speaking on Women’s Issues and Diversity, #MeToo, and Breaking the Glass Ceiling. 

She is a monthly blogger of her own blog, Blessed & Curvy, which covers today’s hot topics.