LifeBound provides books, seminars, coaching, tutoring and resources for students and graduates. We also provide resources and coaching for parents, teachers and professionals at all levels.
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LifeBound’s mission is to promote education, skill, competence and global understanding to people of all ages, stages and backgrounds through quality education, lifelong learning and standard-setting professional performance.
Our coaches live throughout the country and work within their communities to help individuals understand their gifts, talents, abilities and unique purpose in the world.
Meet the staff
Carol J. Carter, President & Founder
Before starting LifeBound, Carol Carter was an executive in corporate America for fifteen years, as Publisher of Student Success and Career Development at the college level for Pearson Education. Over the past ten years, she has presented seminars and workshops to both faculty and students. In addition, Carol has provided corporate coaching to many organizations, including AOL Time Warner, StorageTek and the US Navy. Carol Carter is also a prolific author; following are the many of the titles she has authored or co-authored on college, parenting and career success:
- People Smarts for Teenagers, LifeBound
- Study Skills for High School Students, LifeBound
- Majoring in the Rest of Your Life: Career Secrets for College Students, LifeBound
- Making the Most of High School: Success Secrets for Freshmen, LifeBound
- Stop Parenting and Start Coaching: How to motivate, inspire and connect with your teenager (for parents of teens); LifeBound
- Keys to Preparing for College, Prentice Hall
- Keys to College Studying, Prentice Hall
- The Career Tool Kit, Prentice Hall
- Keys to Career Success, Prentice Hall
- Keys to Study Skills, Prentice Hall
- Keys to Effective Learning, Prentice Hall
- Keys to Success, Prentice Hall
- Keys to Liberal Arts Success, Prentice Hall
- Keys to Business Success, Prentice Hall
- Keys to Science Success, Prentice Hall
- Keys to Engineering Success, Prentice Hall
- Keys to Nursing Success, Prentice Hall
Carol Carter has taught welfare-to-work classes and is a partner with the Denver Housing Authority. She has helped to transition Native American inmates through life skills classes and team taught in the “La Familia Scholars Program” at the Community College of Denver. In 2003, Carol founded the Denver, Colorado chapter for LifeSkills for the Future. She is the host of “Keys to Lifelong Learning,” a twenty-six episode telecourse that helps students prepare for college, career and life success. In addition to working with students of all ages, Carol thrives on foreign travel and culture; she has visited over forty foreign countries.
Cynthia Nordberg, Senior Manager, Media Relations
Someone said: “More people fail for lack of encouragement than for any other reason.” Cynthia Nordberg believes so strongly in the power of mentoring as a tool for encouraging youth to succeed, that it has become her life theme. Cynthia graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor of science in Education. Over the next 13 years, she co-directed Chicago Youth Ministries whose mission is to empower economically challenged youth. During that time she received the “Extra Effort” award from an ABC news channel in Chicago for her mentorship with teens in foster care.
In 1998, she was selected to work with a team of consultants on a national mentoring project called “Women of Destiny,” sponsored by the youth organization Kids Across America. Today Cynthia is the mother of two school-aged children, a freelance writer, and Lifebound’s publicist. She also volunteers in her community as a youth advocate and is helping to launch an intergenerational mentoring program for women. “I couldn’t have come into my own as a confident woman without the influence of mentors,” says Cynthia. “I’m grateful that Lifebound invites me to pass along that blessing of influence to others.”
Sara Fuller, Programs Director/Manager
Sara Fuller began working with LifeBound as an intern. Sara graduated from Metropolitan State College of Denver where she earned her bachelor’s degree, majoring in English (literature) and minoring in photojournalism. Her passions include education, literature, travel and photography.
Maureen Breeze, Trainer/Coach
Maureen Breeze graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the Claremont Colleges with a major in international management and minor in mathematics. Upon graduation, she pursued a professional dancing career performing across the country with several notable companies including the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble and the Pat Graney Dance Company. She incorporated JUMPSTART Productions in 1994 as a vehicle for producing her own choreography and video documentaries. As director of JUMPSTART Productions, Ms. Breeze developed outreach programs for many youth serving organizations including ArtReach, Girl Scouts, Girls Inc., Mt. View Youth Detention Center, Denver Women’s Correctional Facility, and K-12 public schools throughout Colorado. These programs included classroom instruction, performances and workshops on a variety of topics. She produced the video documentary series, “Women of Today for Tomorrow,” for at risk teens, which was distributed to all middle schools in the six counties of metro Denver. Her work has been supported by the Colorado Arts Council, the Robert McCormick Tribune Foundation, the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District of Denver, The Denver Nuggets’ Community Fund and numerous other private and government agencies. During these years she also served as a lead coach for “Voices Carry,” a teen leadership initiative, hosted by the Women’s Foundation of Colorado. Ms. Breeze is currently writing a novel and enjoys sharing her passion for math, the arts and writing with students of all ages, from all backgrounds.
Gifts and Talents for Teenagers
