Juliana L'Heureux - Author
Topsham, Maine


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Biography

A Marylander from Baltimore, Juliana L'Heureux, née Jubinsky, moved to Southern Maine with her family after her husband Richard retired from the US Navy.

Starting in 1988, she began writing about Maine's Franco-Americans as a free lance reporter for several newspapers.  Currently, her articles are published in the Bangor Daily News.

She also writes for Le Forum, a newspaper for the The Franco-American Centre published by the University of Maine in Orono. To view some of these writings, link here.

Juliana is married to Richard L'Heureux, a Franco-American and a cousin of Jacques L'Heureux, the webmaster.

She shares ideas and information as the moderator of the Friends-L discussion list about history, art (including culinary art), culture, religion and comments on signs of the times. To join the list, click on the above link.

More recently, Juliana has started a blog to share with you, articles, short stories, recipes, ...

Also, in her career, Juliana is a professional registered nurse, and an advocate for healthcare in public policy and a co-editor of the American Nurses Association of Maine quarterly newsletter.  She is the co-author of Maine Nursing: Interviews and History on Caring and Competence.  Her essays are frequently published in the Goose River Anthology, an annual publication edited by Deborah J. Benner.

In 2016, she was inducted into the Maine Franco-American Hall of Fame by the Maine legislature. Currently, she is the Vice-President of the Board of the Franco-American Collection, a special archives located at the University of Southern Maine Lewiston Auburn College (USM LAC FAC). As a member of the Rotary Club of Portland Maine, she has served on the Board and several committees.  She is past president of the Rotary Club of Brunswick, Maine.

She was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018, from the American Nurses Association of Maine.

Feel free to contact her at Juliana@mainewriter.com

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