Sherri Schultz graduated magna cum laude from the
Honors College at the University of Oregon, then worked as
an editor and proofreader with National Public
Radio, City Paper, and various
nonprofit organizations in Washington, D.C. Since 1992 she has been a freelance copyeditor
and proofreader as well as a writer for periodicals and nonprofit organizations.
As a copyeditor and proofreader, Sherri
specializes in books on art, travel, the environment, and politics, working with publishers across the country including Sasquatch Books, Island Press, and Marquand Books. She also has extensive experience with periodicals, websites,
advertising, packaging, catalogs, brochures, and newsletters. Her corporate and nonprofit clients have
included Microsoft, Amazon.com, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Sherri's articles and reviews have been published in the Northwest
Asian Weekly, Seattle Weekly, and Washington, D.C.’s City Paper. She has written brochures, website content, and other marketing materials
for nonprofit organizations including the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program, University Mound Ladies Home, and the Woman's Century Club.
In 1997 Sherri
founded the Northwest Independent Editors Guild, now a nonprofit organization with 220 members in three states. She serves on the advisory board of
the University of Washington Editing Certificate
Program, is a member of the Bay Area Editors' Forum,
and is one of the freelancing experts quoted in Michelle Goodman's My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire (Seal Press, 2008).
When away from the editing desk, Sherri gives back
to her community. She is a lender with Kiva.org,
the Northern California Community Loan Fund, and the Calvert Foundation. She served on a Taproot Foundation volunteer team that redesigned the website of the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California. In the summer of 2008, Sherri played a leading role in organizing community pressure to save San Francisco's University Mound Ladies Home, a 125-year-old assisted living residence for elderly women of modest means, from closure and demolition. She's also proud of her affiliation with FlashMobSeattle.com, which brings joy to the public by performing unexpected acts of music and dance in public places.
