Dana Gambardella
Biography
Dana Gambardella is the author of two children’s books, Mama Bear’s Magic and Grandma’s House. She is embracing a lifetime of literacy, living to learn, and loving her process.
An avid young reader, raised in North Providence, RI, she became a reflective writer in her teens, processing and savoring memories, feelings, and experiences.
As a reading specialist for over 23 years, she values using story as the one constant innovative practice that remains powerfully instrumental for learners of all ages. Dana coined the social media handle @LiteracyChef in 2015 when she realized her passion to write and nurture children’s love of story, and appreciation for the impact their own story has on their learning process, just had to evolve. Equally passionate for the culinary arts thanks to her paternal, Italian Grandmother, Dana always shares that “experts in both areas need to combine the right ingredients and practices to create a successful recipe—one that reaches many individual palettes and learners.”
As President of Literacy Chef Publishing, LLC, Dana merges an educator’s passion for childhood literacy with a vital mission for young readers to embrace their own process as the essential ingredient to fostering a love of story and a lifetime of literacy.
