Hi, I’m Bettina

Bettina is a writer and teacher who believes in the transformative power of story to children of all ages.

While teaching and mentoring in the public schools, she extracts stories from reluctant readers and writers.  Her philosophy is that it doesn’t matter how the story comes out – only that it does.

She teaches children to write horrible first drafts with fantastical possibilities. Then, she convinces the students to seek editorial “love” to improve their work through multiple revisions.

Official Bio ‘Stuff’

Bettina received her Bachelor of Science in Speech Communication from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. She played cymbals in the Longhorn Band because she likes loud clappy pieces of brass.

She spent many years in the corporate world being an Internal Auditor and wearing pantyhose (not fun).  She is married, lives near Dallas under the disguise of “Mommy”.

Her super (not so secret) day job is teaching Pilates. To learn more about Bett Pilates go to https://www.bettpilates.com/

How do you pronounce her last name?

Restrepo is an unusual name.  It’s Colombian.  Rest (as in take a nap) and Repo (like take away your car).