Editing and writing are the passions and tools of Sue's professional life.

As Features Editor of The Grand Rapids Press for twenty-five years, a freelance columnist for five, and now as a freelance editor and writer, she has a reputation for producing high-quality work on deadline and ensuring stories are accurate in every detail.

She taught editing at Michigan State University and has worked in publishing since she graduated from MSU with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

A cancer diagnosis in 2009 changed her professional trajectory. After treatment produced a complete remission,

she created, researched, organized and wrote a column called “Living with Cancer.” It appeared weekly in The Grand Rapids Press and on mlive.com for five years.