About The Author

Nancy VanDermark served as the national spokesperson and national training director for Adrien Arpel Cosmetics throughout the U.S. and Canada. She was a corporate sales executive and national make-up artist for Christian Dior Parfums, and the metro New York regional sales director for Versace, successfully launching Gianni Versace’s make-up line in Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus. Ms. VanDermark has appeared as a featured guest on the Montel Williams Show and in the New York Times Sunday Style Section. She graduated from the Smith College Ada Comstock Scholar’s Program with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies. Ms. VanDermark has combined a passion for women’s history with her professional background and is currently writing a memoir on the power of education to genuinely, permanently and radically transform a woman’s life.