aboutTaura Mizrahi – Professional Writer
Taura’s career began in the entertainment industry. As a reality television segment producer she worked on shows for MTV, Studios USA, Fox Family, Wolf Films, and Paramount Television. During this time, Taura not only developed storylines, but also conducted over 100 on-camera interviews. With practiced interviewing skills, she is able to put her subjects at ease and unearth those much desired gems of information.
Although she enjoyed working in television, Taura turned towards a career in service taking on the post of Director of Development with Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica and later Boys & Girls Club of Venice. At the Boys & Girls Clubs, she was able to focus on marketing and writing. She oversaw several fundraising events, wrote grants, worked on various campaigns, coordinated direct mail appeals, and generated all press and marketing materials.
While the work was fulfilling, Taura found that she most enjoyed the writing aspects of the position and decided to start her own business, The Write Approach. Providing professional writing services to businesses and individuals, Taura is able to combine her talents for writing, marketing, and communicating.
Taura graduated magna cum laude from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a B.A. in Humanities and an emphasis in English Literature and in Film. She received her Masters degree from the University of Southern California Master of Professional Writing Program where she was awarded with the Eugenia D. Van Low Fellowship and the Academy Foundation Grant (AMPAS). While at USC Taura was the Associate Fiction Editor and the Managing Editor of the Southern California Anthology, an acclaimed literary journal. She has also studied at Charles University in Prague.
Taura is a member of the National Writer’s Union and the author of an award-winning book, Shelby Marlo’s New Art of Dog Training: Balancing Love and Discipline.
