{"id":9498,"date":"2025-06-10T20:25:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warrenroaf.com\/?page_id=9498"},"modified":"2025-08-26T18:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:47:17","slug":"about-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warrenroaf.com\/?page_id=9498","title":{"rendered":"About Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9498\" class=\"elementor elementor-9498\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63014a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63014a3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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survivor whose voice speaks directly to the heart.<br>\nWith deep honesty and compassion, he shares his lifelong journey through depression, offering others a path through darkness toward light, strength, and self-discovery.<br>\nA proud Vermonter, Warren lives in Bennington with his wife of over four decades, Carol Ann.<br>\nTogether, they\u2019ve built a life rooted in love, family, and community, raising two sons and embracing the joys of grandparenthood.<br>\nAfter a successful career in education, as a beloved social studies teacher and later a middle school principal, Warren retired and pursued a dream job working as a tour guide at Boston\u2019s iconic Fenway Park.<br>\nHis passion for history and baseball remains a central thread in his personal life and writing.<br>\nWarren holds a degree in History with a minor in Education from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, graduating Summa Cum Laude.<br>\nHe later earned a master\u2019s degree from St. Joseph\u2019s College, 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With deep honesty and compassion, he shares his lifelong journey through depression, offering others a path through darkness toward light, strength, and self-discovery. 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