Lydia E. Brew

@lydiae.brew

About

Lydia E. Brew was born withcerebral palsy but has not allowed her physical limitations to stand in herway. Her writing also provides insights into the world of the physicallychallenged. She graduated from Texas Southern University where she received TheSociety of Professional Journalist Sigma Chi Citation for Achievement.  She was a member of the drama club andpledged Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Under the leadership of one of her journalism professors, Miss Brewpenned her first book Edith, The Story ofEdith Irby Jones, M.D. about the first African-American to graduate fromThe Arkansas School of Medicine. Upon finishing college, Miss Brew worked with the Houston Association ofBlack Journalists. She is a Christian and attends St. Timothy’s UnitedMethodist Church.  Miss Brewfounded Lydia’s Educational and Charitable Organization (LECO) when she decidedto encourage young people to write. LECO did this by sponsoring a yearly contest in which the contestant hadto write about positive role models who were alive and from the Houston area.Each student who wrote an eligible essay was given a certificate ofparticipation.  Winning writersreceived cash prizes.

 

Her second book Our Learn Together Book is based on thebiography of Dr. Jones. It tells her story in a simplified format on one pageand allows the child to writes his biography on the other. There are activitiesin the back where children can learn developmental skills and older childrencan learn to do research.