Tough Talk, Tough Texts extends Cindy O'Donnell-Allen's commitment to helping English teachers transform students' lives and, in turn, our world. She has pursued this goal in a variety of roles, including:
- more than a decade as a classroom teacher
- author of The Book Club Companion
- Associate Professor at Colorado State University and Director of its Writing Project
- former Co-Chair of the National Writing Project's Teacher Inquiry Communities Network.
Cindy and Tough Talk, Tough Texts are featured in the NWP Radio's episode on teaching about the 10th Anniversary of the attacks on September 11th.